Season Five Finale: Heaven Knows Soul Artist: Mica Millar
b'Already creating wave Manchester soul singer, Mica Millar, releases her new single \\u2018Preacher Man\\u2019. This is very good \\u2013 a startling mixture of vintage warmth and modern rhythms and sounds creating a 21st-century hybrid that will be owning the charts. Her iconic style and perfect hair make a shoe-in for pop\\u2019s catwalk but it\\u2019s that voice and the sounds that will deliver. Hot on the heels of her latest single \\u2018Preacher Man\\u2019 which has received strong reactions, UK soul newcomer Mica Millar & production pioneer, Zed Bias, deliver a remix blending reggaeton, dembow and soul showcasing Mica\\u2019s sultry, spiritual single under a new light. \\nWith Zeb Bias\\u2019s previous remix catalogue including the likes of The Streets and Gabrielle, his swinging, genre-blending treatment of \\u201cPreacher Man\\u201d and its effervescent hooks provide the perfect alternative soundscape for the spirited new single. Preacher Man\\u2019 is lifted from Mica\\u2019s forthcoming self-written, arranged and produced debut album \\u2018Heaven Knows, which draws inspiration from a plethora of vintage sounds, most notably soul, blues, gospel and jazz with respectful nods paid to girl groups of the 60\\u2019s and 70\\u2019s and classic Motown, giving her songs a timeless quality that is both reassuringly familiar yet distinctively hers. \\nThe result is sublime; heartrending, understandable, and totally compelling. \\u2018Heaven Knows\\u2019 is a timeless collection of modern soul showcasing a confident new artist who has thrown everything into her art.'