Katie was one of my favorites from last season on X-Factor UK where she was showcasing her overtly crazy and manic personality which nearly outshined her serious singing talent. She made it to eighth place I believe maybe seventh but deserved to be there a much longer time. I believe seeing her weekly and the producers using her bi-polar like emotional breaks in most of the editing of her content didn't help the British public fall in love with her. I on the other hand wasn't put off by that I fell in love with her more each week because of her vocal talent and her ability to draw me into whatever she was singing. Her album, post X-Factor is giving the people what they want and that is her unorthodox style with all the schizophrenic genius that the show exploited more than it needed to be.The music has a very 60's retro sound on most of the songs but always sounds current with the slick production and her ability to stay up to date while letting her modern influences breath deeply. This album is almost as good as her competitor from the same season Cher Lloyd. Albeit a completely different record with little similarities outside of strong productions and quality songwriting. Her duet with David Reed is a really good modern ballad that with little effort should be a hit single for her. Another of the standout songs is "Bone To Pick" which again has a girl group era sound that could have been produced by Phil Spector as it uses much of his style in the overall colorization of the song.
From one song to the next there isn't a misstep to be had and Katie has found her sound which is even more likable than her indie release as Katie Vogel in the US. Other tracks I really, really enjoy from this record are "What's It Gonna Be", "A Little Strange", "Brighter Than Sunshine" and "The Ugly Truth" all are total winners these songs just stand out a little more to me when I'm listening to this delightful platter of digital matter. UK X-Factor again hit a home-run discovering yet another awesome talent.
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