Be My Fake Wife

In layman’s terms, a crash is defined as two parties coming into contact with each other violently, without the implication of morality, emotion, or intent. On the album opener and tribute to the titular ‘90s R&B duo – ‘GrooveTheory’ – Kehlani doesn’t patiently set the scene. They conjure up a fiery collision of sound and plant themself into the track’s palpable, misty atmosphere. In the second leg of ‘GrooveTheory’, the track’s flame quickly disperses, and the singer culls together a salvo of sultry and psychedelic mantras pulled directly from the Kehlani playbook.

In layman’s terms, a crash is defined as two parties coming into contact with each other violently, without the implication of morality, emotion, or intent. On the album opener and tribute to the titular ‘90s R&B duo – ‘GrooveTheory’ – Kehlani doesn’t patiently set the scene. They conjure up a fiery collision of sound and plant themself into the track’s palpable, misty atmosphere. In the second leg of ‘GrooveTheory’, the track’s flame quickly disperses, and the singer culls together a salvo of sultry and psychedelic mantras pulled directly from the Kehlani playbook.

In layman’s terms, a crash is defined as two parties coming into contact with each other violently, without the implication of morality, emotion, or intent. On the album opener and tribute to the titular ‘90s R&B duo – ‘GrooveTheory’ – Kehlani doesn’t patiently set the scene. They conjure up a fiery collision of sound and plant themself into the track’s palpable, misty atmosphere. In the second leg of ‘GrooveTheory’, the track’s flame quickly disperses, and the singer culls together a salvo of sultry and psychedelic mantras pulled directly from the Kehlani playbook.

A deeply personal document recorded over a series of 7 intimate concerts at his former home in Vermont, human finds Laplante diving into the vulnerability, mystery, and magic of solo improvisation after years of focusing primarily on composition for his ensembles Battle Trance and Subtle Degrees.

15 CD collection includes: Spoke (1997); The Black Light (1998); Hot Rail (2000); Even My Sure Things Fall Through (2001) EP; Feast Of Wire (2003); Convict Pool (2004) EP; Black Heart (2004) Maxi Single; In the Reins (with Iron And Wine) (2005) EP; Garden Ruin (2006); Carried To Dust (2008); Algiers (2012); Edge of the Sun (2015); The Thread That Keeps Us (2018).