If you pop Solange Knowles' name into google, 'solange knowles hipster' is one of the autofill suggestions. As infuriating as the 'hipster' label is, (I'll vent my spleen on that topic another day), it probably comes as something of a reprieve from the 'Beyoncé's sister' tag that has plagued her throughout her career as a solo recording artiste.
Hipster or not, there has been something indisputably stylish about Solange's output since her 2008 record 'Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams'. Whereas that record relied heavily on Motown girlband pastiche, more recently she has been channeling her retro inclinations in a more interesting way, fusing them with shimmering synths and other electronic elements.
Forthcoming EP 'True' has already spawned the excellent 'Losing You' and now we get a second taster in the form of 'Lovers In The Parking Lot'. Produced by Dev Hynes, the man behind one of this year's best singles, the track serves to heighten expectations for the seven-track EP, which lands next week.
Solange - Lovers In The Parking Lot by Terrible Records
Solange - Losing You (Cyril Hahn Remix) by Cyril Hahn
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