London-based alternative pop artist Official Shannon has appeared on our pages twice before. In 2022, we discovered her music through her empowering anthem Dress To Please. The following year, her team up with SFM 35.8, Never Gonna Be Her, hit our blog.

By Graeme Smith

Her latest EP, HIGHER LOVE, takes her sound in quite a different direction. Blending R&B, soul and gospel into her brand of pop, it gives us five rousing tracks that range from the powerfully stripped-back and live in the case of opener His Eye Is On The Sparrow to richly triumphant in the EP’s closing title track. Throughout the record, the power and expression of her vocals shine.

HIGHER LOVE is out now and you can give it a listen below.