Made Escape promises us songs that are slightly sardonic and I'd say that this latest offering hits the mark in spectacular fashion. As I often say in these reviews, I've had the pleasure of seeing this song being performed live on several occasions and it never fails to raise a smile. 'It's a song about love,' Emily says, 'if you love saving money, that is.' (Spoiler alert: I'm going to reveal the conspiracy so if you're intrigued, don't read on but go and listen first!) Beginning with her trademark ukelele strumming, Emily draws us in straight away with a wry smile on her face and you can even hear it in her voice as she sings. The conspiracy in question here is the rising cost of the heating bill, and how if perhaps if we didn't shave our legs we might weather this winter without needing to turn the heating up too much - Emily suggests that 'British Gas, Gillette and Nivea are in cahoots'! It's a brave suggestion to blithely put out there in song. Conspiracy will feature on the long awaited Made Escape album that I'm sure is going to appear on our streaming services soon. If it doesn't, one might suspect foul play (don't show this to anyone from the above companies, please, I want to hear the album!). It's the final line that gets me every time - after suggesting that we don't shave our legs, she then admits, 'I wasn't going to anyway!' An absolute masterclass on how to make light of what is, in reality, quite a challenging situation financially for a lot of people. Well played, Emily.