Soul – The Earology Dept.

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Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:19:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.20 50391680 james blake | modern soul https://www.theearologydept.com/james-blake/ https://www.theearologydept.com/james-blake/#respond Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:19:10 +0000 http://www.theearologydept.com/?p=13480 james blake | modern soul James Blake dropped his latest single Modern Soul and if you have any reservations about whether or not he’s still got the goods, well doubt no more. Not unlike any of Mr. B’s previous output this one too is heavy on the tranquil and beautifully subdued. Check it …

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James Blake dropped his latest single Modern Soul and if you have any reservations about whether or not he’s still got the goods, well doubt no more. Not unlike any of Mr. B’s previous output this one too is heavy on the tranquil and beautifully subdued. Check it out below and stay tunes for news of a possible 2016 release. Peace.

Artist: James Blake
Featured Track: Modern Soul
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James Blake, Modern Soul: Lyrics

I know a crossroads where I see them, see them
I want it to be over, I want it to be over
So I swim to you while I’m sleeping
Through sage green rivers of England

I see the scenery changes, changes
I want it to be over, I want it to be over
When I don’t think of you, the willpower
What I didn’t see was I was talking to so many people at once
I had no idea I was
I had no idea of the difference between
The way I saw your face and the way it was

Because of a few songs (x8)

I remember laughing; to take that away from you
To take that away from you; I remember laughing
I remember laughing; to take that away from you
To take that away from you; I remember laughing
The smaller the waves; you let me down
The longer I will defend you
The smaller the waves; you let me down
The longer I will defend you (because of a few songs)

I want it to be over, I want it to be over (x3)

I know a crossroads where I see them, see them

I want it to be over, I want it to be over (x3)

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son little | lay down https://www.theearologydept.com/son-little-lay-down/ https://www.theearologydept.com/son-little-lay-down/#respond Sun, 16 Aug 2015 07:44:50 +0000 http://www.theearologydept.com/?p=12869 son little | lay down The artist Son Little (Aaron Earl Livingston) makes the old new again with a graceful ability and a voice like southern moonshine brewed in the olden speakeasies of Philly and wherever else this talented man has set up his musical still. Mr. Son Little is a shape shifter …

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The artist Son Little (Aaron Earl Livingston) makes the old new again with a graceful ability and a voice like southern moonshine brewed in the olden speakeasies of Philly and wherever else this talented man has set up his musical still. Mr. Son Little is a shape shifter of sorts and once his ears have grazed a locale he breathes in the flavor and makes it his own. Peep his Lay Down track and feel exactly what all the fuss is all about. It’ll make you want more of his soulful moon stuff.

So let the Sam Cooke and Otis Redding comparisons come and go, it’s okay. Because this talented artist, with guitar in hand, is carving out a legacy all his own. And like the aforementioned moonshine the affects are tipsy and dangerously inviting. Look for his self-titled debut, it drops October 16th courtesy of ANTI- Records. Peace.

Artist: Son Little
Album: Son Little
Featured Track: Lay Down

Son Little Track Listing”

01. I’m Gone – 2:57
02. Nice Dreams – 4:11
03. Your Love Will Blow Me Away When My Heart Aches – 3:03
04. Toes – 3:43
05. Carbon – 2:36
06. Lay Down – 3:48
07. Doctor’s In – 2:56
08. O Mother – 3:12
09. Go Blue Blood Red – 3:58
10. Loser Blues – 4:10
11. The River – 4:34
12. About A Flood – 3:47

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jmr | shivers https://www.theearologydept.com/jmr-shivers/ https://www.theearologydept.com/jmr-shivers/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:21:43 +0000 http://www.theearologydept.com/?p=12837 jmr | shivers Damn JMR (Joshua Michael Robinson)! The track Shiver is a mercurial wind; at once hot, then cold. This is diamond beads of salty sweat threaded through with sweet silken seconds… And WHOA! Beware the second hand, for seconds mount and coalesce into the heavier minutes and sturdy hours …

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Damn JMR (Joshua Michael Robinson)! The track Shiver is a mercurial wind; at once hot, then cold. This is diamond beads of salty sweat threaded through with sweet silken seconds…

And WHOA! Beware the second hand, for seconds mount and coalesce into the heavier minutes and sturdy hours of lovemaking. or mayhap a fistful-of-hair-quickie. This track is the gasoline tossed upon two bodies bursting into shivering flame. Run this shit. Flashback Fridays just got very … um… heated. Peace.

Artist: JMR
Single: Shivers

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shamz le roc | incipio ep https://www.theearologydept.com/shamz-le-roc-incipio-ep/ https://www.theearologydept.com/shamz-le-roc-incipio-ep/#respond Sun, 03 May 2015 23:56:06 +0000 http://www.theearologydept.com/?p=12109 Shamz Le Roc is an artist you probably haven’t heard about, until now. But that’s gonna change. Why? Well for starters she’s a force of hyper-kinetic energy and that energy has taken sound shape into her debut Incipio EP release. And although it is a small plateful of gourmet sonic bytes it serves …

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Shamz Le Roc is an artist you probably haven’t heard about, until now. But that’s gonna change. Why? Well for starters she’s a force of hyper-kinetic energy and that energy has taken sound shape into her debut Incipio EP release.

And although it is a small plateful of gourmet sonic bytes it serves to whet one’s appetite for much more. My favorite track MJ’s Lady In My Life sampled beauty Shook its an easy sell. The Incipio EP contains five tracks in all and each one shines and glitters displaying a wide range of influences. Tell ya’ what Shamz Le Roc can cut her music making teeth on my earlobe any time she wants. Looking forward to much more from this up and coming R&B Diva in training. Peace.

Artist: Shamz Le Roc
Release: Incipio EP

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daniel wilson | the boy who cried thunder ep https://www.theearologydept.com/daniel-wilson/ https://www.theearologydept.com/daniel-wilson/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:08:59 +0000 http://www.theearologydept.com/?p=11937 Ypsilanti, Michigan native Daniel Wilson isn’t so much an anomaly as he is a supremely talented singer/songwriter. He somehow manages to quasi-impersonate vocally greats like Smoky Robinson. Or in the case of the lead track Killed Ya the quirky best of a modern miracle like Cee Lo Green (Goodie Mob, Gnarls Barkley). Then musically …

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Ypsilanti, Michigan native Daniel Wilson isn’t so much an anomaly as he is a supremely talented singer/songwriter. He somehow manages to quasi-impersonate vocally greats like Smoky Robinson. Or in the case of the lead track Killed Ya the quirky best of a modern miracle like Cee Lo Green (Goodie Mob, Gnarls Barkley). Then musically inhabit the glissando of Brian Burton (Danger Mouse, Gnarls Barkley and Broken Bells).

Mr. D. W. can effortlessly (or so it seems) compose sonics on par with say Bon Iver (Vernon Jordan) or melt a melody ala Caroline Smith. But a copycat Mr. Wilson most certainly isn’t, for he brings the fresh and unique force of his own imaginative spirit to the music making experience. For proof check out his latest The Boy Who Cried Thunder EP and be impressed. I am an instant fan. Oh my fav is the song Proofread. I am pricked. Peace.

Artist: Daniel Wilson
Release: The Boy Who Cried Thunder EP
Label: Zap Records
Featured Track: If You Leave Me Now
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New York City-based Slow Hands is letting the funk in through your eardrum and it’s all good. The stand out track on Miss White lifted from his latest Everything (We Are) EP is a glossy house-funk soul ride into a happy space and it hits the body in all the right places. After the jump I have also included the Deep House Amsterdam Mixtape #129 for your listening pleasure. Peace.

Artist: Slow Hands
Release: Everything (We Are)
Featured Track: Miss White
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There is a bunch of great music coming out of New Zealand and Electric Wire Hustle is one of the soulful Marvin Gaye-esque best. With the duos track Look In The Sky which is all the evidence you need to go gaga over their recent Love Can Prevail album.
Below click play and get an earful of EWH then tell me you aren’t absolutely dreamy for Look In The Sky. I double dog dare you. Peace.

Artist: Electric Wire Hustle
Track: Look In The Sky
Album: Love Will Prevail
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Pablo Nutini will not be denied entry into your heart. And let’s face it this man is destined to settle into the soft tissue of your brain matter like a thorny crucible. So when the needle drops and the song Let Me Down Easy starts to play make sure you have some Cognac (or some other heavy hitting elixir) close at hand to steady your nerves.

The song is lifted from the stellar release Caustic Love album out now via Warner Music. And if by chance your hands aren’t shaking too much by the records end call me on the phone and say thank you. Peace.

Artist: Pablo Nutini
Release: Caustic Love
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Lyrics:

Let me down easy
Though your love for me is gone
Let me down easy
Since you feel that staying is wrong?

We are broken by others
But we mend ourselves
We take comfort in strangers
But I don’t think it helps
If every fool were a clown
I would be a king and not a clown
Cause love can’t?
Closer than our hands and our feet

But it’s lost on me
Oh oh
It’s lost on me
Your love for me is wrong
Let me down easy
since you feel that staying is wrong?
There was no sweeter fruit than this
With no taste of bitterness
It was so fresh and sweet before
But I can’t taste it anymore

I was like a man with no candy?
I had everything
But as long as?

Your love for me is wrong
Let me down easy
Your love for me is gone
Let me down easy
Since you feel that staying is wrong?

On a better day
we’d be waiting on our corner
Selling dreams of redemption
But this time you’ve gone your way
So I’ll go mine
Out of sight, out of love, out of time

Your love for me is wrong
Let me down easy
Your love for me is gone
Let me down easy
Since you feel that staying is wrong?

Let me down easy

writers: Paolo Nutini

copyright: EMI Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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Birmingham, Alabama-based sextet, St. Paul and the Broken Bones do the soul man thing to fine affect with their all kinds of sexy fun track Call Me. You can feel the absolute longing in every note! These guys may hail from below the Mason-Dixon line but they might as well be from Detroit, Philadelphia perhaps even Milwaukee or any other northern city with a deep seated and historic doo-wop sound. For proof watch their live KEXP session below.

For more check out their amazing debut Half The City courtesy of Single Lock Records. In addition lay your optics on the official video for Call Me after the jump. And take in the track Broken Bones And Pocket Change, it’ll make you move sumpin’. Peace.

Tracklisting:

01. I’m Torn Up
02. Don’t Mean A Thing
03. Call Me
04. Like A Mighty River
05. That Glow
06. Broken Bones & Pocket Change
07. Sugar Dyed
08. Half The City
09. Grass Is Greener
10. Let It Be So
11. Dixie Rothko
12. It’s Midnight

Artist: St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Album: Half The City
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2014 Tour Dates

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Chet Faker is fast becoming a mainstay in the playlists of romantics and would be Casanova’s alike. With a strong love potion #9 like Gold employed against undesirable “one and lonely” situations, nights are destined to be certified double-the-warmth cuddle zones.

And if you have been charting Chet’s continual rise over the years, then surely you have noticed beards are the de facto accoutrement of manly cool as of late, and the constant output and high level of badassery of this Aussie are the star stuff streaking across your earlobe.

Ahywho, it would serve you right to lay your optics upon the official music video for Gold, taken from Chet Faker’s debut album ‘Built On Glass‘. Basically, I told you so and you’re welcome. Peace.

Artist: Chet Faker
Album: Built On Glass
iTunes
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Amazon

Tracklsting:

Release Your Problems
01. Talk Is Cheap
02. No Advice (Airport Version)
03. Melt (feat. Kilo Kish)
04. Gold
05. To Me
06. /
07. Blush
08. 1998
09. Cigarettes & Loneliness
10. Lesson In Patience
11. Dead Body

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