Paris Wells returns with a beautiful, electic and audacious sophomore album that will kick you in the balls. Ive given everything away this time. Every single emotion I could possibly have. Its an evolution of my own personal sound, no time for radio jacking, Paris Wells says about Various Small Fires. On her sophomore release, Various Small Fires, Paris explores some racy and bold territory. Her music reflects her free spirit a notion tackled with the album, which flirts with alternative pop and electro-soul and each song connects flawlessly through the themetitle taken from pop artist Ed Ruschas intriguing 1964 book Various Small Fires and Milk. Its a long way from her 2008 debut Keep It, where in the same year, Paris won the International Songwriting Contest. The next year, she took out APRAs Professional Development Award. Two years on from the albums release, she now sells out national tours through little more than word of mouth, and has appeared at festivals like Big Day Out, Good Vibrations, Falls Festival and MS Fest. Not to mention her performance at the historic Sound Relief concert ewith label-mates Bliss N Eso. Various Small Fires is a daring combination of fierce electro-soul sounds with lashings of seductive beats, created by vintage instruments and modern synthesizers. I love electronic music. My passion for electronic and beat music is equal to my passion for vintage sounds and instruments, explains Paris.