Jaymay - Gray or Blue

Remember that beautiful girl on the subway that inspired James Blunt to perpetually strip and jump off a cliff? That was Jaymay. Like You're Beautiful, Gray or Blue is a romantic fantasy based on exchanged glances with a stranger, but with lyrical flexibility and a hint of stalkerishness thrown in. Jaymay's soft seductive voice rolls relentlessly from one line into the next, pondering her fancy-man's hand shape and mouth taste over an understated collage of guitars, maracas and cameo xylophones. "This city is for strangers like the sky is for the stars," she purrs. To put it bluntly, it's beautiful. [Shaun Love]