Pull My Hair Back

AlbumJul 01 / 20149 songs, 36m 14s
Alternative R&B Synthpop
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7.3 / 10

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.

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

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Album review: Clash covers 'Pull My Hair Back', Jessy Lanza's new album for Hyperdub

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Jessy Lanza's intriguing debut offers strangely fascinating sounds and beautifully crafted songs at once, writes <strong>Michael Hann</strong>

Album Reviews: Jessy Lanza - Pull My Hair Back

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Jessy Lanza - Pull My Hair Back review: Presenting 2013’s most overrated album.