Delivering a luscious, elegant and timeless listening experience, Odelet is here seen getting back to her roots, boasting a new album that’s rather wholesome and vibrant. The keen reader might remember the American songstress from a feature we published last year for ‘Pisces Pie’, praising the project as “intimate and crepuscular music”, a description that’s partly true for ‘Raindance’, Odelet’s comeback record.
Developed by her own production company, Everlasting Tape (a partnership with longstanding collaborator Jack Riddim), ‘Raindance’ continues a journey started a few years ago, and temporarily puts jazz-flavourings aside in favour of a more expansive and cathartic soulful and pop livery. As always, there’s a high degree of minimalism in the arrangements, a quality that shines the spotlight on Odelet’s evocative, malleable vocals, wrapping listeners into a sultry and hazy aural experience.
The whimsical, otherworldly quality found in ‘Raindance’ also confirms the truly original path walked by Odelet. You see, she’s created her own genre, dubbed as ‘Surrealist R&B’. Suddenly, it all makes sense. Accompanying this release, we also find a full album of remixes produced in a 1970s Dub style, aptly titled ‘Raindance In Dub’. Overall, this is a quirky album, one that deserves time to be understood and digested.
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