Language

"It's a beautifully crafted, upbeat pop album, and MNEK's voice is compelling and gorgeous; the only small quibble is it's a tad long.Colour , a triumphal duet with Hailee Steinfeld, feels a little tacked on in an effort to emulate the success of his Zara Larsson collab Never Forget You, and the conversational between-song interludes likewise feel a little extraneous, if all part and parcel of MNEK's unique, mellifluous Language".

Read review

"Now, 10 years on from that first deal, it's finally come time for MNEK to drop his debut 'Language' - and it's bloody brilliant. The album opens with a bang on `Background'; pulsating synths and crunchy electronics abruptly make way for a spoken work interlude, as two girls in a club toilet sing along to MNEK's aforementioned Zara Larsson duet and debate the pronunciation of his name "(M-nek?" "Babe, it's M-N-E-K. It sounds like an STD!"), you know from the off that 'Language' is going to be gloriously good fun ... It's a moving and important work, and one that reminds us why MNEK is the pop star we need in 2018.

Read review

"Considering all the hours that MNEK has spent constructing hits, it's surprising how hook-less Language is ... MNEK is a strong singer capable of bracing jumps into his falsetto register. But he seems to have been so immersed in writing for others that he's lost his own voice".

Read review