The ShortListen: Eliza Shaddad (no. 255)

Who? Eliza Shaddad

What’s the story? In this age of instant gratification and attention deficit (witness the manic Bowie tribute by Lady Gaga at the Grammys) it's very pleasing to hear a piece of music that pays absolutely no heed to the concepts of getting to the chorus within a minute and getting to the big bit quickly. Run is the title track of half-Scottish, half-Sudanese artist Eliza Shaddad's new EP and it's a stunning piece of work, with excellently gritty production from Chris Bond. It builds and builds with an icy chill until finally exploding into life fully three and a half minutes in. Anyone who enjoyed the excellent recent album by Daughter will lap this up, while there's more than a shade of her countrymen The Twilight Sad's darkness. Hugely impressive stuff.

For fans of: Daughter, The Twilight Sad, Ben Howard

In three words: Woozy, dreamy heaven