Shedding Skin
Building bold hooks into atmospheric textures, Obaro Ejimiwe has ditched electronica for guitars on a third album that sighs with intoxicating melancholy. With empathy and sharp detail, his lyrics build vivid snapshots of domestic violence (“Yes, I Helped You Pack”), homelessness (“Shedding Skin”) and awkward mornings after (“I’m Sorry My Love, It’s You Not Me”). Alt-rock may be a new venture for Ghostpoet, but it’s charged by his usual commitment to excellence.
London word and beatsmith Ghostpoet takes a new tack with his live band, plumbing similar themes, but to a depth so great it starts to get warm down there.
London-based rapper Obara Ejimiwe’s third album is a more direct, day-lit account of urban anxieties than his previous efforts.
After his troubled second album, the downbeat rapper sounds more at ease on its melancholy follow-up
Obaro Ejimiwe takes himself in a different musical direction, by way of developing into a more compelling artist
The Mercury-nominated MC's mature and atmospheric third album is a hopeful response to dark days, says Helen Brown