2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Evening Standard
SXSW London: Tems at the Troxy review - Beyoncé is not the only star in town
Me & U is crafted by the band into something so soulful it seems to physically fill the venue. The amount of phone footage combined would no doubt equal around 430 hours of recordings. Free Mind and Higher from last year's Born in the Wild album showcased that honeyed vocal style that is impossible to resist falling for. She takes the time to promise a new album is on the way, which would mean two albums in two years, not bad for someone who was notorious for not having an album for quite some time. But you get the sense with Tems, with all her self-possession and ownership of her space, that she'll do things in her own time, when she feels like it, and that's just the way it is.
