Do Real R&B Loverboys Still Exist?
They might! Plus: A beloved Nigerian British poet's life-affirming house tracks, a guitar hero for people who think guitar heroes are show-offs, and more.
Welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the weekly feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we discuss a handful of new records catching our attention. As music journalists, the question we get most often from friends is how to stay on top of what’s happening now. This is our attempt to provide a practical answer.
Our picks this week are voluminous, including two Must Hear albums—pontillistic guitar experiments; liberatory house grooves—plus a new jack swing acolyte whose music breathes life into the R&B loverboy trope, a folk offering fit for Bridgerton (complimentary), and a pop album that made one of our souls leave our body (derogatory).
