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BLOOD ORANGE - COASTAL GROOVES
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Coastal Grooves
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Synth/ Funk/ New Wave Soul on Heavyweight Vinyl & includes Free Download Code Of LP.
After releasing Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You as Lightspeed Champion in 2010, a throat operation forced Devonte Hynes to change his singing style to a falsetto. Now, as Blood Orange, not only does he have a smoother way with vocal lines, he backpedals from Bright Eyes emo and settles into a weird, poppy blend of chillwave, R&B, and '80s new wave. The new persona and synthesized backbeats seem to better coincide with his personality, and Coastal Grooves is the first outing where Hynes sounds completely at home with being unusual. Inspired by the N.Y.C. transvestites captured on film in the documentary Paris Is Burning, the lyrics swim with tales that recall Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side,” intertwined with Hynes’ own experiences as a street-smart scenester in Brooklyn. On the surface of Coastal Grooves, it seems like a sentimental love album à la Sade’s Lovers Rock, but seedy sex and sexual ambiguity, and the sadness th
After releasing Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You as Lightspeed Champion in 2010, a throat operation forced Devonte Hynes to change his singing style to a falsetto. Now, as Blood Orange, not only does he have a smoother way with vocal lines, he backpedals from Bright Eyes emo and settles into a weird, poppy blend of chillwave, R&B, and '80s new wave. The new persona and synthesized backbeats seem to better coincide with his personality, and Coastal Grooves is the first outing where Hynes sounds completely at home with being unusual. Inspired by the N.Y.C. transvestites captured on film in the documentary Paris Is Burning, the lyrics swim with tales that recall Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side,” intertwined with Hynes’ own experiences as a street-smart scenester in Brooklyn. On the surface of Coastal Grooves, it seems like a sentimental love album à la Sade’s Lovers Rock, but seedy sex and sexual ambiguity, and the sadness th
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Blood Orange is an alias of Devonté Hynes also known as Lightspeed Champion and member of the now defunct Test Icicles. His first release under the 'Blood Orange' moniker was in June 2009 via his personal blog.
'Said No' and 'Champagne Coast' appeared as a ltd. 7" bonus disc for the fourth release on Rise's album of the month club. 500 copies pressed on orange-coloured vinyl. 'Sutphin Boulevard' was the first release through Domino Recording Co., the label that would release the first album offering, 'Coastal Grooves', on August 8th 2011. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.