An exquisitely beautiful soul-jazz number of slow, gentle interweaving brass the Chicago eight-piece band with mesmerically tender vocals by the Ghanaian-American singer-songwriter from the forthcoming album This Is A Mindfulness Drill, the second of four LPs the label Jagjaguwar is releasing this year in its Jag Quarterly series, celebrating its 25th anniversary. This is part of a ‘reimagined’ reissue of Richard Youngs’ 1998 album Sapphie. The album will also feature guests Perfume Genius and Sharon Van Etten. Out on Jagjaguwar.
Grim streets of bright sun
Fade in my time
Small sea change, changin'
The spring it's sprung, sprung
The space of space is peace (peace)
Down (down) home (home), up and away
Drawing on water, (I'm painting, I'm painting) I'm painting on water
Clouding the silver lining
Lying prone on full fuel
More said, less done
Photographs out of a speeding car window
Move the body to rest the soul (soul)
Daily personal (personal, personal) resurrection
And soon it will be fire
It will be on fire …
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