Pull My Hair Back
Hamilton, Ontario vocalist Jessy Lanza works with Jeremy Greenspan of Junior Boys on a collection of glacial electro-R&B. Pull My Hair Back rings with a level of confidence surprising for a first record.
Connected through mutual acquaintances, Jessy Lanza was sought by Jeremy Greenspan to contribute background vocals for Junior Boys' It's All True.
Produced by Jeremy Greenspan of Junior Boys, Skinny favourites since 2006 with their synth-pop / R&B hybrid So This Is Goodbye, and its follow-ups (possibly escaping deserved acclaim by being a little ahead of the pack now led by the likes of How To Dress Well), Canadian Jessy Lanza's debut for Hyperdub continues to rehabilitate 90s R&B as pioneered by the likes of Timbaland and Rodney Jerkins by allying it with hazy, ethereal beats and high-sheen vocals treated and layered to create complex melodic structures
If an artists' music video were indicative of one's listening experience, "Kathy Lee" would certainly be representative of Hamilton, ON electro R&B artist Jessy Lanza's Pull My Hair Back.
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