Best known for her work with David Holmes' Free Association, Petra has shaken herself free of the association with a sassy grace, which is no more apparent than on "One Day", the second track to be taken from her debut. Maybe it is her carefree attitude or perhaps her heartfelt honesty and vulnerability that has garnered critical acclaim in all sections of the press. Some suspect it may be the work of dark magic, which has allowed her to be equally at home in both the broadsheets, the tabloids and also the more critical music magazines, they may be right.
"A Truly Remarkable Debut" The Sunday Times
"Buy it!" 4/5 The Mirror
"A dark magic is at work here." 4/5 Q Recommends
"Step out of the shadows, Miss Phillipson, your time is up!" 4.5/5 DJ Magazine

"A chanteuse who purs like Billie Holiday back from the grave that should have a green eyed Shirley Bassey growling jealously." NME
"A Truly Remarkable Debut" The Sunday Times
"Simple, sparse and very beautiful." 4/5 Uncut
"A dark magic is at work here." 4/5 Q Recommends
"A mature compelling work, whose impact lingers vividly in the mind." 4/5 The Independent
"Buy it!" 4/5 The Mirror
"Here's someone you NEED to hear." 5/5 The Sun
"Notes on Love" by Petra Jean Phillipson is not for airheads. She can't be viewed as an aspiring pop idol. This would totally underestimate her creativity and accomplishment as an artist and performer. Records this honest and affecting are rare, but records which ensnare you from the start and leave you craving more, as this one does, are rarer still. Make no mistake "Notes On Love" is a dark and bewitching album from a major new British talent.

You get the idea things haven't always gone her way. She makes you wanna cry, she makes you wanna sing. Her expression in the recordings, "are simple sparse and very beautiful." UNCUT MAGAZINE****
Petra Jean Phillipson is best known as the lead singer and collaborator on David Holmes' Free Association. A long standing songwriter and vocalist on projects such as Martina Topley Bird, Marianne Faithful and a multitude of other projects, she has been building up her repertoire towards the recent signing of her solo record.