(Atlantic)Led by his subtly agile,smokily rich voice, heavily tipped south London soul singer Kwabs’s debut slinks a fine line between commercial clout and a trickier, and heavy-bassed,sharp-beated, tall-drama-in-the-small hours production akin to Sampha or Frank Ocean. So while his chiming, and propulsive hit Walk may occupy popped up on the Fifa 2015 soundtrack,and Fight for care for is a runt on the staidly poppy side, the more complex likes of glance Over Your Shoulder’s thrillerish build-and-hush tension, or My Own’s dark and shifty Timbalandish textures and the moody,dubstep blues ballad of Forgiven, with its sunburst of a chorus, or keep this lusciously atmospheric album well on the correct side of smooth.
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Source: theguardian.com