Thread of Little Simz

2 for 2 so far.

fantastic

new single feels more closely aligned with earlier Simz discography
but it sounds really good next to the other sumptuous stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu2Lqpk4axg

still an Inflo production

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1WgRREdH68

four for four

After “Woman” I thought that I’d wait until the album to hear any more tracks from it but it’s still somehow two whole months away so maybe I’ll just dive on in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkt93coQzqg

tiny desk session, sounds great

also includes "Point and Kill" with Obongjayar from the new album, which hasn't been released yet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMDf0ZLWxI0

ah and here's the studio version

Love it!

album really delivers, inflo's range as a producer is pretty impressive

some of the interludes are pretty goofy though

i kept thinking "what's with the princess diana vocals on these interludes" and it turns out it's emma corrin doing them

I wish the entire B-side was afro-funk. My first impression is it's front-loaded, even if pleasant overall, no huge surprises after hearing track 1-2-4 except for Point and Kill, Fear no Man, and I guess the closer mainly because piano is such a perfect counterpoint to her voice. Still comes at the right time after I warmed up to Introvert considerably after finding it too grandiloquent.

Worth posting the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvY31eN3gtE
Point and Kill

It's interesting to see how vintage a view of Nigeria this is compared to afrobeats videos, even if of course it goes with the greater Kuti influences.

i like "protect my energy" a lot

Listening now. The production on the opening track is corny and overbearing and I kind of hate it. That insistent thudding string riff, the way it clumsily slows down and speeds up

Simz herself sounding great at least

That said there's something missing there too. Last album she sounded more dynamic, vital, desperate...

So.

i mean, that was predictable

Turns out making an album that screams GIVE ME THE MERCURY for 65 minutes can actually pay off, who knew

Well she certainly knows what she's doing on stage. Terrific performer, what a star.

NO THANK YOU, An Album By Little Simz

Pre-save https://t.co/pB5O1Xx9NK

Ready up.. pic.twitter.com/qFSwZUAO1c

— Little Simz (@LittleSimz) December 6, 2022

new album on the way already

Ooooooh.

Someone mentions 12/12 there, but I'm yet to spy any actual date elsewhere?!?

that's when the spotify presave says it will come out

long awaited follow up to Grey Area

seriously looking forward to this, ought to be some fun

Long awaited follow up to Grey Area? Does that mean she's going to be good again?

The short time since the big, important album I think suggests a lighter affair that those of us who preferred Grey Area may better appreciate ... yeah

Idk. Last one was such a thudding grab at Bigness and Importance that it's hard to imagine something subtler, but I'll wait to be surprised

too late in the year for grand statements

I'm choosing to believe it's a whole-album cover of Coaltar Of The Deepers

I'm hoping it's something she and Inflo/Sault crew bashed out first-thought-bwst-thought...

more of what the last album was doing but it doesn't have the goofy overarching concept and is better for it

Wonder if it's leftovers. Where'd you hear it? Found this anyways... produced by Inflo!

NO THANK YOU 12/12/22 ⏳

Artwork shot by Karolina Wielocha
Produced By Inflo

❤️‍🔥🖤 pic.twitter.com/xSCcEIuKhc

— Little Simz (@LittleSimz) December 10, 2022

it's the 12th here

After going to sleep to it then waking up to it (less than ideal conditions) I'm yet to hear the sort of instantly striking standouts the last two LPs offered. But yeah, it's relatively lean, smooth and non-goofy (and, with conspicuous Cleo Sol contributions etc, at least as Sault-y as ever) and I'm prepared to believe it's quite good.

I like how "Gorilla" is kinda sorta... old school boom bap!?

I'm on the first track and it sounds like Sault's long-awaited 6th album of the year

Or was it 7th

It's rather frontloaded, my favorites are probably the first two, title track, Heart on Fire. I don't really care for Broken (if that's supposed to be the centerpiece) and what's after.
I like that it hints at a collective album, but I'm not sure the warm and intimate soul is my favorite complement to Little Simz or that Inflo's at his most inspired.
Not a bad sequel but not very substantial.

Gorilla is great, one of my favorite things she's ever done

Absolutely love the production, can't see listening again to the songs anytime soon. :/

hey this is good!

this is pretty solid but it's a bit too one note until "who even cares" which is a welcome breath of fresh air. it's pretty good at the thing it does (late registration worship) but it doesn't move me idk

First couple of tracks are phenomenal but it really falls off after that

"far away" from the new ep is pretty good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ0OmBVoTJ4

It is indeed!

Yeah love that one