Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Twigs: "Ache"

If we're going to recognize the legitimacy of "cloud rap" then surely in the brief time of its ascent it has already been eclipsed by "cloud soul", an ethereal dream pop version of R&B kickstarted a year or so ago by The Weeknd and since paraded through a procession of compatible sub-genres: witch house, ambient, noise pop, etc. The latest to fly the flag is Twigs, an R&B chanteuse of unknown origin who is releasing her second single without bothering to establish a public identity to underline her first.

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