Keeping with their overall vibes of old school soul Summer Lee Carlson and producer Mute Speaker are back. This takes a drop in tempo but maintains the same temperature, there are snare drum rolls with ghost notes as well as some sneaky percussion to keep the groove going – there are some synth pads in there as well as a warped Rhodes to begin the proceedings. Then Summer Lee Carlson’s vocals come in with some pretty sweet adlibs – no tap dancing this time, but the groove certainly puts a bop in your step!
There’s a flute on this that gives the jazz flute thing going, one thing I’ve just noticed is that there is no bass line on this track – same with the previous single “Respectable People”, it’s not a new thing but at the same time, it’s a track at a great tempo so you’d expect it but it’s not there. When people choose to not have one they do it with good reason – Prince chose to do that on “When Doves Fly”, as well as Teddy Riley with “No Diggity”. I didn’t even notice this until when Teddy Riley spoke about the story behind “No Diggity” and then I read an interview with Prince’s Revolution bass player about a conversation they had, and it just hit me how affective it is.
Nevertheless this still has a groove, and I can’t wait to hear what they have next.
Summer Lee Carlson is a US expat, singer/songwriter currently living in Cambodia and working on a number of music projects.
Thanks to a life time of singing & participating in bands & duos of all genres & styles, the songs are also a wide mix of everything from soul, funk, R&B, blues, jazz, elements of rock, ballads, pop & so much more…
