Dua Saleh // I SHOULD CALL THEM LP [COLOR] / CD

アメリカ・LAのコンテンポラリーR&B作家Dua Salehが、2024年10月に同国老舗レーベルGhostly Internationalからリリースしたアルバムです。

コンテンポラリーR&B〜インディーポップ11曲を収録。LPはスプラッター盤です。

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Available on 12" 'inkblot' spatter vinyl or CD in digipack.

Tracklist:

1. chi girl
2. want 02:24
3. time & time again (feat. Sid Sriram) 02:46
4. bo peep
5. pussy suicide 03:06
6. unruly (feat. serpentwithfeet) 02:24
7. playing games
8. cradle
9. television (feat. Ambré)
10. coast (feat. Gallant)
11. 2excited

Ghostly International:

"The music of LA-based Sudanese-American artist Dua Saleh (they/them) explores the inner self and the world at large. With their long-awaited full-length debut, a collection of R&B-infused electronic indie-pop songs titled I SHOULD CALL THEM, they portray the spiritual power, resilience, and joy of love. Equal parts imaginative and lived-through, it's a statement record only Saleh could make.

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Throughout I SHOULD CALL THEM, Saleh is elastic in how they use their voice and tune the scenery to love's sweetness and the moments that challenge it. "want" uses straightforward R&B rock elements to underscore feelings of betrayal and resignation. "pussy suicide" is pure jealousy. Flanked by a looping guitar riff and moody trap beat, Saleh's delivery adopts different pitches, from low, morphing drawls to high-register raps. They go tender on the Sid Sriram-featuring "time & time again." Saleh says the song reflects someone who "could have been the forever person but we weren't meant to be in this time. We still have this deep bond and, maybe this happens more in queer relationships, we still look out for each other." It embodies the softness required to survive.

On the smooth, surrealist back half highlight "television," they harmonize with Ambré. "I feel a spiritual rush when I listen to the music that comes out of New Orleans, and I feel it in my gut with Ambré’s," says Saleh. Gallant guests on "coast," playing the classic R&B counterpart to Saleh's hyper-pop-inspired vocal take. Album closer "2excited" finds the characters in Saleh's story embracing a rapturous love realized as the world crumbles — signaled by a 'Black Metal R&B' blowout of ascending percussion and guitar, saxophone sighs, and guttural cries. It is ecstasy and dread personified, catharsis for modern times, and a thrilling example of an artist unafraid and thriving. "

Artist : Dua Saleh

Label : Ghostly International 

CAT no : GI432