Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights (Vinyl)
Meet Steve Lacy, the sexed-up heir to Stevie Wonder and Prince.
Guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer Steve Lacy has long been a singular talent: in his solo work, in collaboration with the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Vampire Weekend, or as part of breezy soul band the Internet. The 24-year-old from Compton, California makes sweet, psych-tinged songs that are distinctly cosmic and sensual, laced with nods to 70s pop, funk and soul.
His debut album, 2019’s Apollo XXI, was a robust listen, but this second full-length finds Lacy ascending into something particularly intoxicating. Sexual pleasure and drug-induced highs drift and sway tantalisingly off-kilter throughout (the opening track alone makes reference to ketamine and masturbation via effervescent vocal harmonies).
Over smudged, yearning guitars, delicate piano and melodies so accomplished they feel as if they’ve always been deep in your bones, Lacy’s breathy voice glides with a warm, mellifluous lightness. A sumptuous listen that glows like a freaky summer love. (Guardian)
Tracklist:
Static 2:36
Helmet 3:21
Mercury 4:55
Buttons 3:04
Bad Habit 3:52
2Gether (Enterlude) 0:50
Cody Freestyle 4:00
Amber 2:53
Sunshine 4:53
Give You The World 4:33
Meet Steve Lacy, the sexed-up heir to Stevie Wonder and Prince.
Guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer Steve Lacy has long been a singular talent: in his solo work, in collaboration with the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Vampire Weekend, or as part of breezy soul band the Internet. The 24-year-old from Compton, California makes sweet, psych-tinged songs that are distinctly cosmic and sensual, laced with nods to 70s pop, funk and soul.
His debut album, 2019’s Apollo XXI, was a robust listen, but this second full-length finds Lacy ascending into something particularly intoxicating. Sexual pleasure and drug-induced highs drift and sway tantalisingly off-kilter throughout (the opening track alone makes reference to ketamine and masturbation via effervescent vocal harmonies).
Over smudged, yearning guitars, delicate piano and melodies so accomplished they feel as if they’ve always been deep in your bones, Lacy’s breathy voice glides with a warm, mellifluous lightness. A sumptuous listen that glows like a freaky summer love. (Guardian)
Tracklist:
Static 2:36
Helmet 3:21
Mercury 4:55
Buttons 3:04
Bad Habit 3:52
2Gether (Enterlude) 0:50
Cody Freestyle 4:00
Amber 2:53
Sunshine 4:53
Give You The World 4:33
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