Pointy Heights by Fousheé

Fousheé has never been known to box herself into one genre of music. Since she burst onto the music scene in 2020 with her viral breakout hit “Deep End,” the singer-songwriter has cemented herself as an artist to watch as she seamlessly bounces from alt-R&B to folk to punk and rap within her projects and features. Where Fousheé’s second full-length *softCORE* mashes up pop-punk grit with airy R&B, the Up Next alum’s latest effort *Pointy Heights* broadens her palette and paints an entirely new sound. Dedicated to her grandfather, who founded and owned a stretch of land in Jamaica, *Pointy Heights* is an autobiographical love letter to her roots. Fousheé invites listeners into a world shaped by her home, where old-school reggae, dance-friendly rhythms, and melodies run free. It is rich with sounds of crackling basslines and sharp and lively drum sounds that are anchored by Fousheé’s honest and vulnerable songwriting, which tackles issues of acceptance (“still around”), love (“closer”), and heartache (“flowers,” “loversland”) and pays homage to the people around her (“feel like home”). She looks for peace and tranquility on the groove-driven track “war,” while on the Steve Lacy-co-produced track “100 bux,” Fousheé details her recovery from a lousy hangover over an interpolation of Musical Youth’s 1982 reggae classic “Pass the Dutchie.”

8 / 10

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The in-demand US singer-songwriter’s second album takes its cue from her Jamaican heritage