The Future and the Past

AlbumJun 01 / 201812 songs, 45m 31s
Pop Soul Sophisti-Pop Contemporary R&B
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7.7 / 10

The singer-songwriter follows up her gloriously baroque debut with an album that uses deep grooves, politicized self-portraiture, and an eye for everyday cruelty to reckon with life in the Trump era.

‘The Future and the Past’ combines soul vocals with slinky G-funk rhythms and its accompanying taut, crisp percussion.

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The singer sets lyrics about the dark realities of 2018 to music that recalls the easygoing sounds of an era when Quiet Storm met soft-pop

Natalie Prass is a master of her craft.

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Natalie Prass is no stranger to soul music -- at times, her eponymous 2015 debut functioned as a de facto tribute to Dusty Springfield -- but The Future and the Past finds the singer/songwriter embracing a kind of soul that's not exactly embraced by the po-faced revivalists: the sleek, synthesized sound of the early '80s.

On her new album, Natalie Prass beautifully channels a host of influences whilst feeling incredibly fresh.

8 / 10

Some would say love and politics are incongruous concepts. Natalie Prass says that's rubbish.   In late 2016, the Richmond, VA artist was...

8.5 / 10

The Future and the Past, finds her in full on indie label territory, on New York-based ATO. The Future and the Past, fittingly, celebrates the best of both worlds and sees Prass pay homage to her quirky, cutesy, fragile roots but in a framework that is mo

8 / 10

Natalie Prass has ditched the baroque-pop stylings of her debut for some a lot less delicate on 'The Future And The Past - and it suits.

8 / 10

Natalie Prass' new release The Future and the Past is well titled.

The singer from the Spacebomb collective scrapped two albums on the way to this brilliant final version, where old styles – soul, R&B, tropicalia – never feel retro

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Balanced, infectious, and deeply captivating.

Album Reviews: Natalie Prass - The Future And The Past

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