Summer breezes and blazing sirens fill the air this week, as Lorde loosens up by the beach, Haviah Mighty kindles the spirit of the George Floyd protests, and Tinashe brings some camo-clad military precision to the bungalows and groves of Pasadena. Hiatus Kaiyote figure chivalry as a molecular jam, Helena Deland and Ourielle Auvé string out eight days of hyperpop, and Wiki raps in panoramic surround while keeping his nose firmly to the grindstone.
For their debut record, the West African art-folk band The Narcotix decamped for GB’s Juke Joint in Long Island City, crafting what they describe as Brothers Grimm macabre filtered through a lens of Afromasochism. For the soundtrack to The Proposal, an exploration of the architect Luis Barragán by the conceptual artist Jill Magid, the prolific composer T. Griffin enlisted a stellar cast, including Reut Regev on trombone, Jason Ajemian on bass, Jim White on drums, and Matana Roberts on alto saxophone.
The jazz guitarist Julian Lage unfurls a rich strain of Americana on his latest for Blue Note, while Manchester singer-songwriter Caoilfhionn Rose takes a meditative path on the title from Truly. Sandunes sculpts shadows behind the beatific vocals of Half Waif, Susanna and David Wallumrød cover The Beatles, Tkay Maidza styles herself in soft yarn and aldehydes, and Croatian Amor and Scandinavian Star reunite to follow Two Autumns. Doja Cat, Dean Blunt, Dlina Volny, Lord Apex, and Esperanza Spalding make it a sound for all seasons in the latest roundup of tracks of the week.
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Lorde – ‘Solar Power’
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Doja Cat – ‘Need To Know’
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Haviah Mighty – ‘Protest’ (feat. Yizzy)
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Sandunes – ‘Shadow’ (feat. Half Waif)
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T. Griffin – ‘Copyright Implications’
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Julian Lage – ‘Quiet Like A Fuse’
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Tinashe – ‘Pasadena’ (feat. Buddy)
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Hiatus Kaiyote – ‘Chivalry Is Not Dead’
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Croatian Amor & Scandinavian Star – ‘Magnolia’ (feat. Alto Aria)
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Susanna & David Wallumrød – ‘For No One’
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esperanza spalding – ‘Formwela 4’ (feat. Corey King)
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Tkay Maidza – ‘Cashmere’
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Lord Apex – ‘Speak For Yourself’
