▁acc laimed ▁social ▁activ ist , ▁Bern ice ▁Johnson ▁Re agon . ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁received ▁critical ▁acc laim . ▁UK ▁national ▁newspaper ▁The ▁Guardian ▁commented ▁that ▁McK ay ' s ▁debut ▁was ▁" res ur rect ing ▁the ▁passion ▁and ▁pride ▁of ▁polit ically ▁conscious ▁and ▁et ern ally ▁lov el orn ▁ladies ▁of ▁late - 1 9 6 0 s , ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁soul , ▁McK ay ▁sh ines ▁bright ," ▁while ▁dance ▁b ible ▁MO J O ▁described ▁McK ay ▁as ▁" extra ordin arily ▁ec lect ic " ▁and ▁her ▁album ▁was ▁" a ▁coh er ent ▁art istic ▁statement ▁and ▁worth ▁investig ating ." ▁ ▁McK ay ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁W O MA D , ▁Br istol ▁and ▁the ▁Jazz ▁Ca fe ▁in ▁England ▁and ▁her ▁music ▁received ▁international ▁acc laim ▁and ▁rotation ▁on ▁MTV . ▁The ▁album ▁" Mc K ay " ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁Europe ▁on ▁( Go ▁Beat / Pol yd or / Univers al ). ▁Word ▁crossed ▁the ▁p ond ▁to ▁America , ▁and ▁Steph anie ▁was ▁soon ▁signed ▁by ▁American ▁company ▁A str al wer ks / E MI ▁. ▁In ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁re int rodu ce ▁McK ay ▁to ▁the ▁American ▁market , ▁US ▁label ▁A str al wer ks ▁released ▁a ▁five ▁song ▁EP ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁with ▁two ▁new ▁songs ▁from ▁forth coming ▁album ▁and ▁two ▁older ▁songs ▁from ▁" Mc K ay " ▁album ▁and ▁a ▁rem