Single Review: Portia Conn - I Don't Care

Throughout 2009 LAB Records grew in status and their roster. One of the their new signings was 17-year-old singer/songwriter Portia Conn, who despite only ever playing 3 shows, manage to bag a deal with both LAB and US label, Tragic Hero.

With a EP set for a summer release, Portia teases us with her debut single, 'I Don't Care' next month and before you ask, it is not a Fall Out Boy cover. Instead we are thankfully given a sweet slice of youthful, acoustic pop, that manages to show Portia's mature songwriting talent with a hint tenderness and escapism, which is something that Conn yearns for through her voice. This is all backed up, by a striped down, up-beat acoustic guitar and drum beat, that gives plenty of space for Portia's words and voice to take center stage.