Silk Sonic An Evening With Silk Sonic

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The highly anticipated debut album by the R&B project of super duo Bruno Mars and Anderson. Paak, An Evening with Silk Sonic, which was supposed to have come out in January, did not disappoint and it keeps its promise of being a smooth and hi-fi experience. While Mars & Paak, are talented in their own right and individual careers, have a mastery on what they are doing conceptually, the album is given credibility by special guest co-host, Bootsie Collins is like icing on the cake. There is something about releasing a throwback retro-soul album in the fall that just hits the right spot, it is definitely going to be the sountrack of cuffing season. It is deep and rich with so many grooves and harmonies between Mars & Paak, who both have embraced the seventies aesthetic to keep the showmanship going in music. I love it when artists are extra and embody the music they are singing down to the clothes-which is why they are the whole package! Silk Sonic is a dream-team match made in velour heaven.

Their debut single even got the viral verse/TikTok trend treatment when the intro "Leave the Door Open" sound made itself through social media earlier this year. The album confidently grooves along on tracks "Fly As Me" and "777" and are contrasted to more vulnerable tracks like "After Last Night" and "Smoking out the Window" which exhibit a well-balanced mix of faux macho confidence hiding the true feelings are beautifully expressed in "Put on a Smile". The albums finalizes by innocently desiring a connection in "Skate" like a high school crush and it ends on a high note on "Blast Off" with some best wishes for the future.

Silk Sonic are hitting all the right notes and serving us seventies nostalgia-sung, produced, and delivered. The melodies and harmonies harken back to a different era of music: one of analog production, and clean vocal tracks with no autotune. The creature comfort of familiar sounds many of us grew up on, and listened to on the radio is something that is going to make this an instant classic. There is no doubt that this is going be big on the same level as Outkast's SpeakerBoxx/The Love Below.

This album is a MUST listen!

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