First Mind ~ CD ~ Nick Mulvey

First Mind is Nick Mulvey's solo debut. Since parting ways with his former band Portico Quartet to focus on this venture, the journey couldn't have been kinder in such a short space of time, as the year closed with Nick nestled comfortably on the BBC Sound of 2014 Poll longlist. The single Cucurucu is arguably Nick at his most immediate in the sense that the melody lingers, the beat typically shuffles infectiously, and the almost unpronounceable title becomes your new middle name. Nick's unorthodox guitar playing, aided by a Cuban guitar course which taught him how to make the most of his quickdraw picking technique added a certain Spanish flavour to the sound, and spins Nick into a world which straddles the leftfield.