Released on 11/04/2000
Label: Sony

'Hate Or Love' is the first single from new Sony soul hopefuls LSK. Like labelmate Jamiroquai, LSK are soul/funk-lite, their debut single coming on like Sly's 'Family Affair' played by Weldon Irvine. Not original but perfectly pleasant.

Judging from a taster of the forthcoming album, LSK plunder a confusing array of styles – there's even a hint of Paul Simon in 'Jealousy' – all culled from singer Leigh Stephen Kenny's array of global influences. The problem is that no single voice emerges with sufficient strength from amongst the confusion.

    by James Poletti