Paperplain is just one girl – a diminutive 19 year-old called Helen Page. This is her second release and debut LP.

Outside of her new mini-album having been mastered at Abbey Road, her music is as homespun as it comes. As Paperplain, Helen employs a basic eight-track recorder to capture her perform every note before then multi-tracking them to achieve simple yet beautiful results.

Combined, the seven tracks that make up Entering Pale Town serve well as an introduction, helping to illustrate her music at its most pure. The labour intensive-approach she adopts doesn't even register when her cultured sketches slowly reveal themselves from behind the tape hiss; what makes it all the more impressive is she recorded it in its entirety in her bedroom and whilst still at college.

Page has the voice of an angel; so sweet and soft it's utterly beguiling. I have to admit to a weak spot for artists of this ilk, able to melt your heart at ten paces, or at least ten notes. And Page is just such a talent, deserving to be heard by a much wider audience now her music is out there.
A great new find for 2010.

Release Date: January 18