On her debut EP ‘Light Will Come’, Corrina Jaye launches her solo career in style. Fusing infectious pop songs with dark moody atmosphere, she creates a bold and daring offering that finds a good mixture between her pop and alternative influences in the process.

Album opener Dark Room was written after the singer read Fifty Shades of Grey, but despite its questionable source of inspiration there’s still a lot to like about this song. A well-crafted pop number, the PJ Harvey-esque alternative flavouring the track carries gives it that extra bit of edge absent from the majority of pop songs.

Don’t You Recall is of a similar ilk; another ambitiously catchy number that has an underlying dark vibe to it. This one’s quality lies is in its simplicity with Jaye’s backing band keeping the arrangement very sparse. It allows for the leading lady to take centre stage and she certainly doesn’t shirk the challenge, demonstrating her vocal prowess one again.

Jaye moves away from traditional song structure on the final two numbers embracing a more experimental sound. Both For A While and Light Will Come are much slower and much darker than the previous two tracks. There’s a very haunting, atmospheric feel to both too, lending an almost gothic edge to proceedings. Of the two songs For A While is the superior, a beautiful piano driven ballad, it is arguably the best song on the album.

While slightly brief, this EP is still a nicely constructed collection of songs. It’s got a very nice balance to it too with just the right amount of commercial appeal and alternative nuances. It should find favour with fans of pop music that are looking for something a bit more progressive and edgy. If it doesn’t though, it’s only a matter of time until Jaye cracks the mainstream as judging by this effort she’ll go far.