While her abscene from tastemaker blogs may be ununsual, it hasn’t prevented Andreya Triana from getting noticed. She’s fastly become the elite choice for woozy electronica producers who desire a woman’s touch, with Mount Kimbie and Flying Flotus amongst many others who have used her soulful call in the past. However, Triana’s debut Lost Where I Belong is a siginificantly more orthodox affiar - with her trading in the electronic musings of her collaborators – in opt for a traditional jazzy/acoustic guitar sound.

LP opener ‘Draw The Stars’ sets the tone, the acoustic guitar being the core of the track whilst a soothing xylophone riff and her neo-soul voice intertwine to create a perfectly enjoyable track. And that’s the probelm with Lost Where I Belong everything is perfectly enjoyable but expected. With most tracks being a lead-up to Triana’s defining moment that unfortunately never seems to arrive, see both ‘Daydreamer’ and ‘Far Closer’, both tracks can be found in the middle of the album. Both have promising starts but are prevented from reaching their true promise, thanks to unambitous and mis-directed arrangements, with ‘Daydreamer’ having the potential to be a slow-burning emotional climax but is let down by a melody that wanders aimlessly. As for the latter of the two, which could of been a shot at mainstream like Plan B’s recent success, with the smoking sensuality and melodrama of the strings progressing to promising effect, it’s again disappointed by the chrous, that when it finally hits, lacks the much needed punch to take it to the next level.

It all provides for a pleasant but frustrated listen, especially when the listener’s expectations have been raised as a result of listening to early-in-the-album gems like the title track and ’A Town Called Obsolete’, these recent singles showcase Triana at her best, and after a couple of listens feel nothing short than inspired. It’s a conundrum as to where she should go next. Should she continue with this rather preanticipated but enjoyable mixture of acoustic guitar - jazz, or should she reach for the stars and collaborate once more with her electronica partners, but this time for her own efforts? It’s a choice, depending on the results, that may reinvent her career or just seal it’s fate as a coast along.