https://highclouds.org/kelela-lmk/ HighClouds - A Music Blog Fri, 13 Oct 2017 09:53:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://highclouds.org/kelela-lmk/#comment-3073 Fri, 13 Oct 2017 09:53:23 +0000 https://highclouds.org/?p=29348#comment-3073 […] Opening track “Frontline” sets the tone for the rest of the record – it’s a complex yet hook-filled song that’s equally confrontational and seductive. This surely isn’t the first review to notice the evident influence of 90s R&B on her music, so there’s no point in discussing that. What seems more interesting is the extent to which she is willing to subvert and re-appropriate those musical tropes. For instance, “Waitin” could almost pass for a Destiny’s Child song until the chorus breaks in and Kelela starts singing a sort of nursery-rhyme melody over Jam City’s groovy beats. One of the many Kelelas who are singing here, that is. One of this album’s greatest strengths is its penchant for seamlessly incorporating multiple backing vocals to the tracks – see album highlight and lead single “LKM”. […]

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