Blood Orange - Coastal Grooves

  by Tara McEvoy

published: 3 / 8 / 2011

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Lightspeed Champion. Test Icicles. Blood Orange. Chances are you’re already acquainted with the chameleonic Dev Hynes, albeit perhaps with a different guise than the one he goes by these days. A prolific musician for the last seven years, he’s played with a number of different acts, produced tracks for Beyoncé’s little sister and worked with, er, Diana Vickers among others, but is currently devoting his attention to his own solo side project – the groovy, soulful Blood Orange. Luckily, such focus really seems to have paid off – Coastal Grooves, his first output under his latest pseudonym, confirms his reputation as one of the most innovative, pioneering and adept musicians around. The opening ‘Forget It’ is a master class in juggernaut synths, 80s influences coming to the fore, while the lyrics are pure bittersweet sentiment –"I am not your saviour, baby girl". ‘S’Cooled’, too, is a track of astounding quality and intricacy, with its rollicking beat, haunting, whispered vocals and pounding drums. Yet with the closing ‘Champagne Coat’, Hynes cements a listener’s impressions of brilliance – it’s pure, unashamed, danceable pop, recalling Prince at his funk-goblin best. Combining a diverse range of influences to provide a surprising, illuminating work, Hynes has produced an album that plenty of people will doubtlessly be getting their groove on to as Summer draws to a close.

Track Listing:-

1 Forget It
2 Sutphin Boulevard
3 I'm Sorry We Lied
4 Can We Go Inside Now?
5 S'cooled
6 Complete Failure
7 Instantly Blank (The Goodness)
8 The Complete Knock
9 Are You Sure Your Really Busy?
10 Champagne Coast

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