Babeheaven – Sink Into Me

Babeheaven’s 2020 debut Home For Now channelled a distinct bedroom pop aesthetic. However, their follow-up Sink Into Me breaks down those bedroom walls and charters new territory, exploring much wider, airier and impressive soundscapes than previously heard from the London five-piece.

This shift is instantaneous from opening track (and highlight of the album) Heartbeat. Dreamy, bossa nova style rhythms set the tone before the drums pick up alongside lead singer Nancy Andersen’s exceptional vocal melodies. Holding On follows in a similar vein with fluctuating synths and guitars evoking hazy scenes, while Make Me Wanna correlates with the openness of Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes’ collaborative album, What Kinda Music.

Andersen’s lyrics may be full of disillusionment throughout. Yet, there’s a sense of calm and hope that permeates throughout Sink Into Me, most noticeably on concluding track Open Your Eyes where glimmers of resolution float to the surface. 

The vocal melodies exuded on the album are irresistible. Paired with lush instrumentation, Sink Into Me is in a word, gorgeous, and the perfect soundtrack for a meander in the sunshine or a mellow morning in bed.

Listen to: Heartbeat, Open Your Eyes, Don't Wake Me