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POWWOW | MUSIC SOPHIE Following the release of Love Is A Camera, Sophie Ellis-Bextor will release live favourite The Deer & The Wolf, the fourth single from her silver certified album ‘Wanderlust’, on the 25th August. Singles from the album so far have included the emotive Young Blood and upbeat Runaway Daydreamer, along with Love Is A Camera, all of which have received AList support from Radio 2. ‘Wanderlust’, which is Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s fifth studio album charted at number 4 and gave Sophie her first top 10 record since 2007’s Trip The Light Fantastic. weeks in a London studio with other tightknit musician friends and was released on Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s own label EBGB. It features 11 powerfully understated songs featuring a newfound maturity both lyrically and musically. Along with a recent sellout tour of the UK, Sophie Ellis-Bextor continues to perform at festivals this summer including Glastonbury, T in the Park, Bestival and Hop Farm. An Autumn headline tour follows in September. The record has gone on to spend the last 6 months in the UK Chart. Co-written, produced and arranged by acclaimed singersongwriter and good friend Ed Harcourt, ‘Wanderlust’ was recorded in just two Reviews by George McPhail ◼◼◼◼◼LuvBug Resonance ft. Talay Riley So this is what Marvin from JLS has been up-to since the split, and it’s fairly and surprisingly amazing, capturing the summer vibes and the UK’s biggest music trend this year. I think this is going to be a very big hit! 14 AUG / SEPT 2014 | THEGAYUK ◼◼◼◼◼Moko – Your Love Serving up some Streetfighter, Chun-Li goes rave realness, fabulously huge in every single way, and you can sing Cathy Dennis’ Touch Me in time with the music as well. A star is born, and THAT hair. ◼◼◼◼◼Sigma ft.Paloma Faith Changing After delivering one of the biggest singles of this year, they are back with an even bigger follow up, with the super lovely Paloma on vocal duties. Those vocals are perfect for fully charged high octane summer rave-ups like this. ◼◼◼◼Erasure Elevation People forget Erasure are one of the biggest selling UK acts of all time, but they are back with a bit of a bang. Enlisting Richard X on production, it’s a big old synth pop dance floor banger.