Summertime sadness is the theme for this month's new band playlist, featuring melodic melancholia, disconcerting soulful electronic pop and glacial shoegaze
Daniel Wilson is a 23-year-old from Ypsilanti, Michigan, who sang in his school choir and grew up on a diet of gospel, Christian music, musicals and 90s MTV and you can sort of tell. He makes indie-ish synthetic R&B, in parts electronic and ecclesiastic. The voice, though high and androgynous, draws comparisons with Tunde Adebimpe (from TV on the Radio) and Tracy Chapman. At times, it has the quavery, shrill quality of Erasures Andy Bell and some of the neo-operatic tendencies of David McAlmont. The tracks from his debut EP, Young Rubbish, released towards the end of last year, earned the attention of all the right blogs, but his new single Killed Ya, out next month, is so poppy and pulsating it could be a hit in the mainstream. With those synths, set at that breathless pace, and with that urgent yet controlled delivery, the line, Have you ever met someone who made you cry?/It almost killed ya becomes the unexpectedly catchy couplet of the summer.
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Daniel Wilson is a 23-year-old from Ypsilanti, Michigan, who sang in his school choir and grew up on a diet of gospel, Christian music, musicals and 90s MTV and you can sort of tell. He makes indie-ish synthetic R&B, in parts electronic and ecclesiastic. The voice, though high and androgynous, draws comparisons with Tunde Adebimpe (from TV on the Radio) and Tracy Chapman. At times, it has the quavery, shrill quality of Erasures Andy Bell and some of the neo-operatic tendencies of David McAlmont. The tracks from his debut EP, Young Rubbish, released towards the end of last year, earned the attention of all the right blogs, but his new single Killed Ya, out next month, is so poppy and pulsating it could be a hit in the mainstream. With those synths, set at that breathless pace, and with that urgent yet controlled delivery, the line, Have you ever met someone who made you cry?/It almost killed ya becomes the unexpectedly catchy couplet of the summer.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago.