Ellie Goulding – review

Roundhouse, LondonTo the haunting waft of taped pagan choirs, a figure hooded within a black plastic sowester beats thunder from a bass drum like the grim reaper at an S&M rave. Two songs in, she lifts her cowl to reveal blonde cornrows, now resembling a punter at an inclement Tulisa gig. Having played a White House Christmas party and the royal wedding, and shifted 3m copies of her 2010 debut Lights on the back of a kittenish voice, some airy electro-pop and buckets of facial glitter, Ellie Gou...

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