nao: for all we know

this has less of the heavily processed funk & wonky beats that i loved from For All We Know unfortunately

this is true! less of that liquid synth thing a lot more traditional and self-serious ("orbit" being patient zero here)

it still largely bangs, just kinda wish more of it resembled "drive and disconnect"

i like when this gets kinda neo-soulish... "saturn" in particular, which reminds me of the KING album

relatedly i've been playing this a lot recently

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1jW-xJlIA8

initial reaction is that I need to knock off bothering with listening to so many pre-album singles ... like I've heard the best of this already, like the first two tracks. Those are completely massive

I think I will prefer Saturn to For All We Know. On first play, of the songs not previously shared I particularly enjoyed "Gabriel" and "A Life Like This".

something about her music keeps me at a bit of a distance but this is a good album. warm, inviting & compulsively playable.

aside from "drive & disconnect" and "if you ever" i think i like the ballads -- another lifetime, saturn and orbit -- the most

this record is absolutely fantastic, although i want it known that i hate the bit in "make it out alive" where she sings "colours change, blue grass like the lumineers"

the title track, "orbit", "drive & disconnect" all wonderful

Orbit is my fave.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-GX9bpT3MI

new single is afrobeats and it's very good!

no small thanks to Adekunle Gold, I’d say

(and producer Sarz)

brb crossposting it on the Afropop thread

surprised to see that the (glorious) adekunle collab has over 12 million plays on spotify. anyway, her album is out today and i'm excited to check it.

album is very solid but i do kinda miss how cool & distinctive the beats were on her debut. having afrobeats in the mix on this one is very welcome though

i feel that. i think the songs on here are fairly strong overall tho, and the serpentwithoutfeet collab in particular really soars