It is so stunning, I just cant get over it Those rich low tones in his voice are just

Just imagine if they had let him sing songs like this on Xfactor though..

Link to an Interview here that Andrea did for Oracle Magazine

http://issuu.com/plymptonmagazine/do...2015/c/suu6sp4

There's a moment where he holds a note, I think it was when he sung 'kiss' and it just resonated with this deep tone. Seriously wow Andrea, just when we think you can't get any better. The song really suited being stripped back as well. Amazing stuff, and I read in that article (thanks for posting!) that he likes Lianne la Havas, I would do anything to hear him cover 'lost and found'.

WhatsApp update - Andrea's gone home for 4 days and will be back on Wednesday to shoot the GALL video. He says he 'can't bloody wait'

Those low notes.... so gorgeous

Neither can I Cant wait to see what direction they go with it.

The more I listen the more amazing those low notes sound Making me even more excited to hear what is on the album.

His voice control and range is just ridiculous The album is so close now I can't believe it! And GALL is released in what, 11 days?! I don't understand why there hasn't been a radio tour yet... are they going to leave it to the week of release? I was hoping he'd get playlisted by at least one major station by now. No point in worrying though, I'll just have faith that something big is coming

Yeah no point worrying! You do though don't you? it's tough being a hardcore fan. Honestly I don't think people realise what a stress it is! Haha. 😆Seriously though I have faith it will be a great album and then the air play will follow.

I have complete faith that the album itself is outstanding, it's just whether he'll get the promotion and airplay that he deserves that I worry about. Fleur and Ben will have the luxury of promoting their first single on XF, with 8 million odd people watching. Right now I don't think there's any shows with that kind of audience that Andrea could perform on, which is such a shame. The way SK have bombed on iTunes with their single (at 140 atm) has unnerved me a bit - because they had quite a bit of promo, tv slots and lots of YouTube views as well as a teenage girl fanbase etc. But saying that, Andrea is another class and I do totally believe in him and his future

I think Andrea is a different type of "animal", the likes of Stereo kicks (in particular), Fleur and Ben will require a lot of promotion because in my opinion they offer very little, they are run of the mill average singers at best and without promotion will vanish quicker than you can blink. Any success they have will be down to promotion not what they actually offer although Fleur I guess offers a performance aspect to her singing.

In Andrea's case, he has a lot to offer and he's a little unique in his stile unlike the above which will be competing in a saturated market.

A little promotion would be nice but regardless, I see Andrea as a "grower", I think he will be slowly introduced in baby steps with the album in effect becoming the marketing/promotion tool.
That of course would likely mean that the album and Andrea are not going to be an instant overnight hit and I think that's fine too as long as we start to see the album/Andrea promoted once it's released?

I feel with his uniqueness/stile a lot of people will connect with him once he/they (RCA) are able to show the public what he has to offer which in effect they can only do with the album...

Assuming the above, I'm not concerned. Although he could quite easily be a pop artist, he doesn't quite fall into the pop genre, for me he offers something more, something a little more unique, I see him as having a niche market that maybe people still need to discover/be introduced too that requires the above approach?

Very interesting, Ninja. It'll be intriguing to see. The slow growing market may be the best. We don't want or expect a firework that starts with a bang and ends with a whimper.
I've never seen a Paloma Faith performance that impressed me in any way. I don't understand why Love Hurts is described as a Paloma Faith cover when it was written by Dianne Warren. I know Paloma had a hit with it but think what Andrea could have done with the same kind of promotion.
Moving house nearly ended in disaster. I couldn't find my charger and was without my laptop for two days. Quelle horreur!

I hope you are right Dia6olo, it is hard not to worry, like dbanrz and JazzyJaney said above, because at the end of the day we all want him to be successful but ideally would hope for a more long term sustained success as yourself.

Hope everything went well Hilda and that you are settling into your new home

I love it, delz. Everyone was worried because it's much smaller but I felt at home straight away. There's always someone from the family popping in.

I hope you're right I can imagine Andrea being a grower as well, but we don't know if RCA have a long term plan and will invest in him or if they will drop him if sales aren't high enough soon enough - that's my main worry. But then they can't expect him to shoot to no.1 without sufficient promotion so I guess they must know what they're doing in that respect. Fingers crossed everything turns out well - I'm just so excited to hear the album!

Let's also not forget that Andrea is also much more likely to grab a wider international market than the likes of Fleur and Ben. We have been led to believe he has an international record deal and we have seen from various posts, facebook comments, articles and tweets that he those have fans scattered around the world. He will for obvious reasons have some appeal in Italy as well as here in the UK.

He may not have the instant chart success here in the UK compared to the likes of Fleur and Ben due to promotion/lack of but he is more likely to have a sound base from which to grow, maybe RCA know exactly what they are doing and are playing it just right...

We have seen many artists come and go, (here today gone tomorrow), one of the things that comes to mind regarding these artists, is they weren't global enough, they were concentrated in one country were like a lot of things, fads change, sometimes very quickly!

Andrea may not have a big enough instant following to make a big impact in the charts here in the UK compared to the likes of Fleur and Ben for the reasons given above, but, he is much more likely to grow and still be around when the dust has settled because he will be more global and his fans are much more likely to be loyal. He has a certain something that will appeal to a lot of listeners once they discover it.

Just caught up with this, stunning ending!

https://audioboom.com/boos/3329231-a...-his-new-album - found this little soundclip of a radio interview Andrea did last week (I think).

The interviewer, after never having watched Andrea on the X Factor says that he is 'thoroughly impressed' with the album.

That was lovely. I love how everyone so far that has reviewed/heard the album say's how good it is and how surprised they are. I can't wait to hear it We're finally in July so not long to go now.

Thank you for finding this That is very encouraging that someone who is totally unbiased thinks the album is so good. Cant believe its only 2 weeks on Friday

Hi Jazzy Janey - that photograph you wanted (with the legs) is in Now Magazine this week, page 33

Here's another radio interview with him from this week: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xvdu3l9j6k...Milby.mp4?dl=0

Aw, so glad it went well Hilda xxx

That Paloma Faith (although as Hilda says, should be Diane Warren) cover is just amazing... I absolutely love it. I have played it to a few people who don't know Andrea, they have all loved it too. The video is good too. The voice is incredible. In some ways I prefer it to GALL...

He would have won X Factor for certain if he had sung songs like this...