Eska first made a splash over a year ago thanks to her Gatekeeper EP which thrills in its (largely) sparse instrumentation, allowing the Zimbabwe-born, London-based singer's limber, elastic tones to run circles around her lyrics. And then… silence. Until last month when she dropped the bass-heavy, reggae-inflected skank "Heroes and Villains" and everyone got all excited all over again. Above is the premiere for her latest song "Shades of Blue"—a shimmy that simultaneously sounds slightly 60s yet slickly modern too with its layered slaps and claps and strings and plush refrains. It proves that even when her backing is fulsome, her soulful vocals still carry the song, still stand as the focal point.Good thing she never did anything with that degree in mathematics.Eska releases her eponymous debut LP on 4.27 on Naim Edge.