Happy hour

"Hollie Cook, a London-raised singer in her mid-30s, missed lovers rock's golden era, but over the past decade she's become its most notable booster, expanding its possibilities the way Sharon Jones revitalized 1970s soul. Her fourth LP (fifth if you count the Prince Fatty-remixed Hollie Cook in Dub), Happy Hour refines her muscular sound, which echoes tough British roots acts like Aswad as much as the silk sheet approach of Janet Kay and Caroll Thompson. The daughter of Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook and Culture Club backing vocalist Jeni Cook (...) started her career as a latter-day member of the Slits - all of which might explain her taste for rough edges".

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