Maverick Sabre: Lonely Are the Brave – review

(Mercury)Anglo-Irish Hackney singer-rapper Michael Stafford is clearly aiming at the lucrative pop-soul-rap market stretching from Amy Winehouse to Mav's old flatmate, Plan B. The not-very-maverick's debut, however, could have been put together by a focus group. There are Adele-style betrayal anthems (No One, Used to Have It All), stoner soul (Let Me Go) and faux Jamaican patois. The songs are variable – some may raise an eyebrow at the suggestion "Babylon" stalks Stoke Newington, and Shooting...

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