Joker’s Daughter – Worm’s Head

Since he first emerged with his black market mash-up of The Beatles and Jay-Z, self-proclaimed musical auteur Danger Mouse has handled his projects shrewdly, achieving chart success with Gnarls Barkley while producing acclaimed albums for the likes of Sparklehorse, Gorillaz and Beck. So his new studio partner, relatively unknown London-based singer Helena Costas, has already received an almighty boost to her profile. Worm’s Head, their debut single as Joker’s Daughter, sounds like a dream with a nightmarish edge, with Costas’ 70s British folk leanings backed by the lush orchestration of the star knob twiddler. The end result, however, fails to completely satisfy. [Nick Mitchell]