“Believe the hype: Mahalia's debut album is a timeless, timely triumph”
““Compromise? What is compromise? Compromising for what? Compromising for what reason?” This is the Eartha Kitt quote that begins Mahalia’s debut album ‘Love and Compromise’. Featured on album opener, the sultry ‘Hide Out’, the quote sees Kitt defiant, asserting that you shouldn’t compromise yourself for a man, and laughing and rebuking the journalist who asked if she would. The powerful words pe”
“Mahalia’s overly anointed status still raises the hackles somewhat. Signed since she was 13, the Leicester singer-songwriter enjoyed early support from Ed Sheeran, putting out a 2016 debut project, Diary of Me, whose freshness was hampered by its fence-sitting between guitar balladry and soul. Love and Compromise is technically the 21-year-old’s second album, but is being pushed as her debut prope”
