This week’s Listenin’ Booth includes music from the British singer and songwriter, PJ Harvey. Plus four other essential tunes you should be listening to right now.
We Float (Demo) – PJ Harvey
Over the course of her career, PJ Harvey has established herself as an individual and one of the most influential songwriters of her ear. Exploring themes of sex, religion, and political issues with unnerving honesty, dark humor, and twisted theatricality. “We Float” is taken from her brand new album Stories From The City, Stories from the Sea – Demos.
Believer – Smerz
Underground dance music styles such as techno and footwork, along with field recordings and an out-of-joint approach to pop-flavored R&B, inform the sound of Oslo, Norway’s Smerz.
Dein Vibe – BABYJOY
Up-and-coming Berlin-based artist, Babyjoy raps and sings in German, French, and English over colorful, beaty electronic grooves. Listen to “Dein Vibe” taken from her new debut album Troubadour.
Feelings – Brijean
Brijean delivers a dreamy, back-room disco, creating an elegant sound with a rhythmic and harmonic palette that evokes 70s disco, 90s house and sly pop sensibilities.
Nah It Ain’t The Same – Greentea Peng
British neo-soul artist, Greentea Peng sings and raps over cool and edgy, psychedelic soul grooves. “Nah, It Ain’t The Same” is her latest offering from her soon-to-be-released sophomore album.