Lack Of Afro’s Adam Gibbons teams up with Greg Blackman on his euphoric new single Loving Arms. I’ll be the first to admit I am naturally drawn to the melancholy in music ahead of hands-in-the-air dancefloor bangers. But even I can’t resist the irrepressible euphoria of a song like this.

I’ve been a fan of Adam Gibbons, aka Lack of Afro, ever since I first heard him more than a decade ago. On this new tune he’s teaming up with Greg Blackman who, unlike his name (but like Gibbons), is not a black man.

I don’t know him at all. But I do know that this is a joyful outpouring of love and devotion over a glorious funk and soul backing, with horns blowing the house down and organs inducing hallelujahs across the dancefloor. will swell hearts and stir emotions.

“I kind of see this as ‘Touch My Soul’ (Part 2),” says Gibbons, referring to his excellent 2008 update on the Small Faces song. “It’s very much in that vein… It’s just pure joy, pure emotion, so much so that it moved me to tears several times in the writing process.

“I wanted it to sound like a celebration of life, of love and of companionship – and Greg’s gorgeous voice nails the vocal.” It does indeed.