Another brilliant review for ‘Box N Locks’

MPHO has been quickly picking up steam with the release of her brilliant debut single, “Box N Locks,” and positive reviews have been rolling in for weeks. Today Angry Ape published a write up on the track, calling it “vibrant and exciting” and “insanely catchy.”

The South-African born, London-based singer is set on her own sound – which is quite unlike any other. She crosses the lines of genre so effortlessly throughout her upcoming debut album, ‘Pop Art’, that she is already being heralded for her brave artistic ventures.

Angry Ape writes: “Built around the insanely catchy guitar riff of Martha and the Muffins’ new wave anthem ‘Echo Beach,’ London-based upcomer MPHO is making a huge splash with her opening single ‘Box N Locks’ – a song that still sounds vibrant and exciting, despite being online for months now.”

The singer-songwriter has been making the rounds for quite some time now, and has managed to pick up a few new fans when she performed at this year’s Glastonbury festival. It seems that everyone who gets a glimpse of MPHO’s live gigs immediately falls for her talent and charms – including quite a lot of influential music bloggers.

“Led (for about 99 per cent of the track) by its heavy 80s sample, this is a brilliant piece of 2009 pop,” continues Angry Ape. “It ticks so many boxes; it’s undeniably fun, catchy from the opening few seconds, and sounds unlike anything around right now. But it’s the hard-hitting words which really sink in, as MPHO lashes out at stereotypes – she isn’t going to make urban music or become a ‘ghetto chick’ simply because she’s a ‘feisty little brown girl, raised in Brixton town.’”