Having already won over more or less everyone fortunate enough to have previously heard the absolutely winsome Should I Try, Argentina-born, but London-based songstress Malena Zavala yesterday returned with a commensurately simple, if still exceptionally pleasing second, If It Goes. Keep your eyes peeled for crucial blog keyword ‘ethereal’, which seems certain to pop up more or less omnipresently henceforth, although rendering this particular track all the more alluring is the way in which Andean undertones weave their way into its delicate fabric in a novel manner that never verges even remotely on novelty value. And Zavala herself increasingly seems a positively invaluable artiste today…

Malena Zavala’s SoundCloud.