Nicole Atkinss possess' an extraordinary voice, country pop similar to Reba McEntire or the world class Loretta Lynn, but what picks Atkins out from such venerable comparisons is the slightly masculine tones reminiscent of the early Roy Orbison.On her debut album, Neptune City Atkins through a sequence of dark retro, country through to deep soul searching songs that both celebrate and cast nostalgic glances back to her once thriving home town, Nicole was brought up in Neptune City New Jersey where her passion for music was honed, as she struggled for years to get recognised as a song writer. Initially previewed to positive acclaim in the U.S. during 2007, the album was put on hold just prior to release by Columbia Music producer Rick Rubin, who told Atkins, I can't put this album out. Your voice is too buried. Following several attempts at remixing Rubin finally declared it was ready to go, he had removed the final layer of studio sheen to discover the hidden diamond voice that lay buried . 'Maybe Tonight', which sounds like the Ronettes singing country is a song that almost brought me to tears, charged with a different beat to the normal country pop, it's a song for lovers.The other lead track 'Partys Over', the chorus sweeps over you like a warm drink; the layers of her voice singing harmony with herself, the swelling strings, with the beat on the drum track relaxing and is an intoxicating departure from the bland female vocalist tradition... You just want to go back and start the track again and again