WIN - Jazz FM's Album of the Week

Manchester soul-pop powerhouse Mica Millar releases her second album A Little Bit of Me today via her own label Golden Hour Music - a record that positions her as one of the UK’s most distinctive contemporary soul voices.

Recorded at Miraval Studios in the South of France, A Little Bit of Me marks Mica’s most expansive and assured work to date. Written and produced by Millar herself, the album broadens the emotional depth introduced on her acclaimed debut Heaven Knows into something richer, bolder and more musically adventurous.

A standout from the album is ‘Warning Sign’, a groove-led standout that explores red flags, projection and emotional self-preservation through sweeping harmonies, rich instrumentation and Mica’s unmistakable vocal presence. Balancing classic soul songwriting with a contemporary edge, the track captures the spirit of an album rooted in timeless influences but unmistakably shaped for now.

Not cut from the same cloth as the capital’s BRIT School lineage who have recently found fame with a sound indebted to classic soul, Millar brings something else entirely: a Northern perspective, a lived-in authenticity, and a fiercely independent attitude, underpinned by a voice that carries both grit and grandeur in equal measure.

Across 14 tracks, the record reveals a sound bound together by Mica’s unmistakable voice while stretching confidently into new territory. There are influences of 90s and contemporary R&B woven throughout, alongside the richness of Motown and classic girl groups, subtly reshaped through a contemporary production style.

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