Crack out the Pabst, get your Alt-R&B party hat on, How To Dress Well is back with another subterraneous journey into troglodyte territory, taking his Terius and Keith Sweat influences into the temple of doom. Now signed to Weird World, he drops an optimistically titled sophomore set Total Loss sometime this Autumn according to Pitchfork. The first album ‘Love Remains’ was a notable blip on the R&B rebellion gamut during the dogma’s early stages, so it’ll be curious to see where Tom Krell can creatively take this ‘thing’ he helped kickstart. Lead single ‘Ocean Floor for Everything’ shows he’s amplifying his spectral formulas to their most sloshing and emotional. One, for when the sun goes down and certainly not before.
Freshly dropped over at her tumblr, last year’s buzzing R&B madame Jhene Aiko leaks this saccharine, exotic roller produced by Kevin Roosevelt and keeps the online breath baited.
Apparently it is forthcoming, but unfinished, so make certain you’ve picked up that Sailing Soul(s) whilst we’re anticipating follow-up mixtape Souled Out to arrive some time this Summer and new single ’3:16′ even sooner.
From the cheeky Bristolian gentleman who brought you one of 2011′s byzantine floor-fillers. He’s recently “found time between jet-setting around the globe, becoming a voice for the people via my Radio One show…” and also lending a versatile touch to Jessie Ware’s chic material to start a label. Offering up this lemony basslined, 4/4 stonker, Bashmore returns to his acidic, funky and fat formula in time for some hard raving summer nights. Simple but not skeletal, it’s parts are each finely tuned for maximum impact.
After producing Javeon’s latest smash ‘Precious‘, PMR signed producer Two Inch Punch returns with a new single called ‘Paint It Red’, featuring singer Mikkay Ekko. Like most of this compositions this slow-jam takes heavy influence from the past couple (golden) decades of R&B – just listen to those drums. But more than that – this sexy number features funky synths, ridiculous basslines and uber-cool vocals – culminating in, unsurprisingly – another smash. This dude is on some next wave, we keep telling you.
‘Paint It Red’ comes off TIP’s forthcoming 2nd EP, aptly titled Saturn: The Slow Jams (June 22nd). Tracklist after the jump…
There’s no denying that for all it’s breezy restraint and flowery suppleness, music press and online listeners have caught a fever off this outrageously catchy follow-up single to ‘Running‘ from the Brixton songstress. She is after all one of 2012′s brightest things. Produced by fellow PMR Records don Julio Bashmore, I could almost imagine this fluttery number fitting onto Andre 3000′s The Love Below. With a gorgeously photographed visual by director Kate Moross, it’s the simple things that can be the most enchanting. Let the season of serotonin and sunburn commence.
The debut album Devotion is out August 20th 2012 and available to pre-order here. You can also watch the PinBoard exclusive of the title track here. Good times.
After all the anticipation – it’s here. The first single from the debut full length studio album ‘LongLiveA$AP’, in CD quality of course. Produced by Hit Boy. The LP is expected this summer, but meanwhile this is certainly a fat record to lead off with. Keep it screwed.
Woah. A strenuously long minute has passed, but freshness from homegrown talent Fantastic Mr Fox finally arrived via the radio rips (Annie Mac, Radio 1) last night. Having carved a neat following after his 2010 Black Acre release, a brilliant three-track ‘Evelyn‘, the producer’s early adoption of current 2-Step and plug-in R&B shifts have kept heads waiting for a next outing.
Alongside label mate and a fave of ours Alby Daniels, these two give us a bout of line-blurring, swingingly programmed 4/4 soul and the gloopiest bass pop you could slip and crack your backside on. Caught at the right moments and a breathy tone from Alby is pitch-shifted to chilliest temps over Fox’s sunset bounce; their chemistry will leave a fair few requiring a 320. Welcome back wiley Fox, take ‘em to the dance.
