It’s been a very long time coming, but finally J*Davey have come through with their first full album, and have (sort of) made it available for free. To elaborate, all you need to do is buy The Liner Notes digital booklet from the below link and the album comes for free: considering the grand total is $2.99, it’s a very small price to pay for music from one of the most diverse, genre-bending duos in the music game.
There are a couple of tracks that mildly dedicated followers will be familiar with, including the excellent Mama’s Back, the recent duo of Whatchalookin@ and Kill 4 Fun, and a couple of others. I’ve got no doubts that there will be a few more gems on this album, and I’m thoroughly excited to give it a go. Grab it for yourself below.
The first official video from their upcoming debut album, New Designer Drug, and we’re treated to that wonderfully-diverse J*Davey sound that’s just so difficult to pin down.
Whatchalookin@ opens in an atmospheric, harmonic style that evolves into an electronic soul track, with smooth vocals from Jack accompanied by sharp synths, hints of edgy, alternative elements and a steady percussion. The outcome is a well-rounded track that’s anchored by a catchy hook, and also a track that contrasts excellently with the more experimental Kill 4 Fun. It’s one that will throw a lot of people off with dominating synth and electronic pulses, whilst the free-form nature of the vocals adds further anarchy. It’s a track that matches the rebelliousness of its title, and whilst it isn’t as immediately listenable as Whatchalookin@, the video for it exhibits Jack’s charisma a little more and makes for more light-hearted viewing.
Looking forward to that debut album, and hopefully this is the start of more frequent material.
Centenaries are a rare thing in many walks of life, so I speak for both past and present, writing and non-writing members of the OTU team when I thank you sincerely for your dedication to our online presence. Whilst various weekly serials have come and gone, this has stood strong for 100 weeks, so we genuinely thank you for your support here in R&B Fridays. Having been introduced in our very first week, this also marks our 100th week online, so thanks again for all of your support in getting us this far.
As it’s a milestone episode, it felt like the right decision to award Frank Ocean the honour of representing this occasion. I can hear your outrage: ‘why not a staple of the episodes, like Lloyd or Usher?’. Well, we like to look forward, and frankly (sorry) I feel he’s really going to dominate this series for the next 100 episodes, and deservedly so.
Click below for your regular weekly instalment: two days late, in keeping with tradition! I’ve also got a little extra something to celebrate the occasion coming shortly after this… → Continue Reading R&B Fridays: Episode 100
This track comes courtesy of a collection of Jack Davey produced songs (yes, Jack Davey produced!). An interesting song for sure, and one that leans more towards electronica, as opposed to the R&B influence they often exhibit. There’s an enjoyable offbeat quality about the track, and whilst it is a raw, refreshing listen, it’s not on the level of the more sultry, smoothed out stuff she is/they are capable of.
Easily one of my favourite tracks from the fantastic duo, Raincheck is a smooth track that maximises the sultry stylings of Jack Davey’s vocals, whilst successfully challenging Brook to switch up the standard slow jam formula to something befitting the eclectic nature of J*Davey’s music. It’s difficult to dislike this song when the synergy between vocals and production is this good, and with that intangible and uncategorisable sprinkling of their music, you also get a piece of bedroom music very different to almost any other.
The video doesn’t disappoint, with that sexy slow jam vibe capitalised on with lots of bedroom scenes, and a deliberately-paced style that keeps things relatively simple, which is a welcome change in the often-experimental world of their material. It’s a solid video all-round that does its job in fleshing out the audio. Definitely worth a watch, and the audio can be grabbed on their free EP here.
Evil Christian Cop: The Great Mistapes is a 5-song EP and follow up to Boudoir Synema, featuring co-production by Greg Wells (Teen Spirit) GB (Lazy Daze) and LA-based lyricist Def Sound. Coming up, we will be releasing our major label debut New Designer Drug and until then will be on “The New World Culture Tour” (domestic/international) with Blu this Spring.
Probably one of my favourite musical duos in music today. We were treated to two tracks from it a little over a month ago, both being very enjoyable and full of that uncategorisable J*Davey eclecticism that makes their music such a captivating listen. This EP release marks another step along the road for them, and is available free for a limited time. I’d highly recommend grabbing this, as they’re destined to blow up: a quick glance at their followers on Twitter suggest they’ve got some support in high places (for example, Patrick Stump), which only serves to validate my belief that they’re genuinely the next big thing.
We don’t hear from this superb duo nearly enough, but when we do it’s always great listening. Here they’ve come through with two new efforts, and naturally the eye-catcher is their cover of the Nirvana classic: rightfully so too, as it’s a typically genre-defying effort that imposes the smooth, chilled out J*Davey style onto the track, offering a nice contrast with the intense, energetic original.
Lazy Daze is a really enjoyable track too, merging together a speedier production with their inescapable laidback quality they emit with the vocals and synths to create an interesting and addictive sound. If you’re already a fan, think along the lines of End Of Your World, though it has a strong dance influence on the production. Please guys, keep the good stuff coming!
There’s not much time left until these guys properly blow up. They’re an act ready-made for a mainstream audience, and this video/track testifies as much.
Another one from the superb 5-track EP (available for free here), this is one of the more uptempo tracks from Boudoir Synema. The video itself is typically J*Davey: kinda weird, but compelling nonetheless.
Jack Davey looks as good as she ever has in this one too.
I genuinely love this song an awful lot. I got round to checking out the Free EP this was taken from a couple of weeks ago, and this was possibly the strongest track. It’s really chilled, with a mixture of soul, R&B and alternative elements and it just works so well.
The video’s pretty unusual but I quite like it. Probably ‘cos I’m a bit weird.
Please, for the love of God, do not sleep on this track though.
And we’re back with a glut of new music dropped over the last 2 days.
First up, a short mixtape/EP from the superbly-eclectic J*Davey. This 5-track effort is available for free and will hopefully live up to the growing expectation and buzz they’ve created. They’re such a unique sounding duo, and I hope they do bring the goods here. Use the search bar (or the categories) to check them out if you haven’t before.
Hopefully you will all remember the video we posted from these guys a little while back. The track was great, and the video was good too. Well, time to enjoy the audio for it, which you can find below. I would absolutely recommend this track to anybody, as it’s a fantastic slice of uptempo music which fuses together too many genres to name. Definitely staying in my rotation for some time.
J*Davey are awesome. Some of you may know them from the song Dirty Peaches on 88-Keys’ album. Don’t sleep on these guys, as they’re insanely talented, and fuse electronica, soul, pop and R&B into one awesome sounding package. Watch the video, I dare you to not enjoy this song!
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