12/31/2023 0 Comments Blop blop a noo noo“Run Baby Run,” off of his upcoming album What For?, is a pop song soaked in the ’60s nostalgia that so many bands aspire to yet fail to capture in the same way as Toro’s Chaz Bundick can. Toro y Moi is Toro y Moi, and that’s why he’s both always forgotten and also worth remembering. ![]() Thankfully, what we got as a followup was a pure goddamn banger, Rihanna singing “ blop, blop, blop“s over one of the best beats she’s ever been given. With the all-denim, all-despondence of “FourFiveSeconds,” it was easy to expect that Rihanna’s eighth album was going to be a sleeper, a more sensitive side to Bad Girl RiRi. In Colour is set for a June release via Young Turks. The beat is all open bells, chants, and hand claps, over which Romy sings of her trademark malaise in her trademark whisper, “I go to loud places/ to search for someone/ to be quiet with/ who will take me home.” The production of Jamie xx has always been the strongest part of the xx’s career aesthetic, so it’s no surprise that this song, which features Jamie’s xx bandmate Romy Madley-Croft, is stronger than anything on that group’s last album, Coexist. Technically, this is not an xx song, but it definitely could be. ![]() We’ve got some Syrian stuff, some chill stuff, and some pure ’90s indie rock stuff for you, too. This week saw the release of the Rihanna’s anticipated followup to “FourFiveSeconds,” titled “Bitch Better Have My Money,” and Jamie xx dropped a Romy Madley-Croft-featuring single from his debut solo album In Colour.
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