18/Solange/True
Some things never seem to fucking work.
And sometimes, when the smoke clears and the dust settles, and you take a look around, it's just, like, YOU. Yessir. Mmm Hmm. Is it agonizing? Yes. Please believe it. But hey, shit happens, right?
True.
Solange's True exists in that space, that post partnership limbo where questions are asked, pasts are yearned for, and some harsh truths finally (or once again, if you've been down this road before) bring themselves to light. All done, all existing, to serve one purpose: trying to figure out and comprehend exactly what happened. And over the course of 30 minutes and just seven tracks, Solange attempts to do just that, walking us through all previous turns of events that have led to this here solitary moment. In True we meet and entertain Solange the Flirt, Solange the Provocateur, Solange the Wanted, Solange the Worried, and Solange the Hurt. Unflinching words tossed into unflinching sentences, retellings, and dramatizations, grounding each song and helping them feel lived in, real.
And the music? She and her boy Dev (Hynes) make beautiful music, providing an often effervescent springboard for theses reflective tales of woe to bounce off of, reveling in a brightly colored musical space as breezy as many an 80s female fronted R&B Pop hit where the harmonies are beautifully soulful, and the union between vocalist and the instrumentals is rock solid. He the Jimmy Jam and T. Lewis to her Cherrelle; The Prince to her "insert a female muse of his" here. Her the muse to his Pharaoh. Bringin' on the Heartbreak rarely sound this good.
True.
KEY TRACKS: Losing You/Locked in Closets/Bad Girls (Verdine Version)
19/John Mayer/Born & Raised
20/The Walkmen/Heaven & 21/Grizzly Bear/Shields
22/Beach House/Bloom
23/Lower Dens/Nootropics
24/Cat Power/Sun
25/Prinzhorn Dance School/Clay Class
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