LISTEN: Sonny Santos & Billie Marten - 'swear 2 g-d'

So this is a pretty special first single from London-via-New-York artist Sonny Santos, taken from his forthcoming debut album Hotel de Londres. The track is a duet with the impeccably talented British songwriter Billie Marten (who recently released her album Feeding Seahorses by Hand) and features Matt Ingram and Nick Pini of Laura Marling's band on drums and bass. With Sonny growing up between London and New York with a British father and an American mother, he sees his music as the memories of a man caught between, trying to find stability and trying to fit in.

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WATCH: Billie Marten - 'La Lune'

At just 17, Billie Marten is making a name for herself in the industry, featuring on the BBC Sound of 2016 long list earlier in the year, and performing on Lauren Laverne's show on 6 Music last week. I hadn't actually listened to her until I found the video for La Lune, the B-side to Milk & Honey, in my inbox yesterday. With influences including John Martyn, Laura Marling and David Bowie, it's easy to draw comparisons with Laura and Lucy Rose when listening to Billie's music.

In an Ed Sheeran Photograph-esque way, the video features childhood footage compiled by Billie herself of her family wandering around Whitby beaches and BnBs, of the video she says "the song's all washy and dreamy and it instantly made me think of that". It's a great video for the track and all too clear a reminder of Billie's youth!

Billie tours the UK in October (Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, London and Cardiff), and plays several dates over summer - all the info and tickets on her site here. You can also purchase the Milk & Honey/La Lune 7"vinyl here.