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Rhye hasn't released an album since its seductive and stellar 2013 debut Woman, but its new single doesn't delay the gratification any further. In fact, it takes all of 10 seconds for Mike Milosh to elicit his first new swoon in "Please," as a gentle stomp-and-clap gives way to the skeletal beginnings of a piano hook, which suddenly disappears from the mix before popping dramatically back into place after a second or two.

From there, "Please" picks up where Woman left off: namely, by draping sweet-voiced pleas for intimacy and connection with vaporous layers of softly shimmering soul. The new song (from an as-yet-unnamed album, due out later this year) is accompanied by Milosh's black-and-white video, which matches Rhye's spare-and-sexy aesthetic in every frame. Putting the video's dancers in everyday white T-shirts instead of showier garb is a nice touch — the lovers in Milosh's songs share the intimate, lived-in familiarity of the already-coupled — as is a newfound willingness to show the singer's face, which in the past has tended to remain unseen, even in live performances.

As for "Please" itself, Milosh writes via email that it's intended to move Rhye's sound in subtly different directions. "Because we play live so much," he writes, "we've built this show that's somewhat different from Woman. It's a little more psychedelic. I wanted to bring that to the second record. I really wanted to incorporate much more soulful and earthy colors. It had to be all live percussion and piano. The human intimacy had to come through the actual instrumentation on this record. 'Please' is the stepping stone to where we're headed."

"Please" and a second song, "Summer Days," are available now via Loma Vista.

http://www.npr.org/event/music/535890861/rhye-returns-to-lull-you-into-the-sultriest-stupor



https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/please/id1252784737?i=1252785196




PS: Für weitere Eindrücke aus dem neuen Album einfach mal ihr Instagram überfliegen.
 
Rhye Album war großartig, mal schauen ob sie daran anknüpfen können.

Ich habe mir inzwischen alles angehört, was auf Instagram zu finden ist. Da sind durchaus einige Songs dabei, die mit meinen Favoriten des Debütalbums ("Hunger", "Last Dance", "Open", "3 Days") scheinen mithalten zu können und mir - sowohl musikalisch als auch gesanglich - deutlich besser gefallen als "Please" und "Summer Days". Hoffentlich haben es die Songs, an denen Illangelo und Nate Mercereau (ein sehr guter Gitarrist, der in jüngster Vergangenheit u. a. auf Songs von Sidibe, Banks und Cocaine 80s und Jays "Marcy Me" zu hören war), mitgewirkt haben, auf das Album geschafft. Milosh spricht in dem NPR-Artikel nämlich von einem "psychedelischeren Klangbild", was auf besagte Songs überhaupt nicht zutrifft. Beispiele: 1, 2, 3
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https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/tear-the-roots/id1244152206

Mein jeweiliger Favorit aus beiden EPs:


 
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