Reviewed by Peter Dilley

The old saying goes that one should never look a gift horse in the mouth, and two Cambridge-based musicians have made 'Hikari' as "a short demo album for free distribution", so I'll begin by commending them for that. They've also got a fair bit of talent, underpinned by some classical training, particularly evidenced in the instrumental piano pieces "Prelude in E" (originally written for the couple's wedding in 2001) and "A Walk In The Clouds", and in their arrangement of love song finale "Falling". Being slightly more critical, the vocal delivery and other songs/songwriting have perhaps got a little way to go.

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