"Artist of the month" - "It's tempting, when a new act emerges, to identify and compare them by what has gone before, and there are certainly several names and influences bundled around Marina Allen. Echoes of the great female singer-songwriters, such as Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Laura Nyro and Karen Carpenter, alongside more recent voices such as Laura Marling feature throughout Candlepower, but there is so much more to Allen than an easy replication of the past. This talented singer-songwriter is certainly her own star, enthused rather than burdened by such comparisons ... Candlepower is an effortlessly crafted, and luxurious, listen. Charming and challenging in equal measures it is a thoroughly beguiling debut and proves Marina Allen to be a very welcome voice we are guaranteed to hear much of in the future. Allen's dreamy, timeless voice will lure and bewitch you. You will go willingly".