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Crooked Colours - Hold On
Ahead of their highly anticipated second album Langata, electronic dance trio Crooked Colours have released another cut from the record, Hold On, out now. The simmering track follows previous hit singles I’ll Be There and Do It Like You, and is another piece of the enigmatic puzzle that is Langata. The trio, consisting of members Philip Slabber, Leon De Baughn and Liam Merrett-Park, have revealed that the album will be out on May 17.
Hold On opens with a dreamy, swirling synthesiser, then
blossoms into a hook-laden electronic dance pop jam, buoyed by
percolating rhythms and sharp synthesisers. It feels like a love song,
but there’s a darkness there; as Philip Slabber’s gentle vocal dives
smartly in and out of the layers of the track, it’s impossible not to
feel moved. Speaking about the track, Leon De Baughn says“I
remember the idea for this track first came to me while I was driving
home from the beach. We had just got back from touring in the US and
getting back to our summer inspired this track. It started with the
chords and the floating vocal line that ended up building into a club
beat with the bouncing bass line.” (press release)
New album Langata out now!
The world that Crooked Colours have created on Langata is
deep, hypnotic, and often breathtakingly beautiful. The singles are
highlights, but there is so much more to this record. The entire album
is a journey from start to finish; one which presents new sonic
intricacies with each repeated listen. Written, recorded, and produced
entirely by Crooked Colours, and mixed by Tim Watts and David Wrench (Frank Ocean, The XX, Caribou, FKA twigs), Langata contains multitudes and is a masterclass in the ecstatic simplicity of electronic dance music.
Speaking about the album, Phil says, “For many acts, the
sophomore record is a very daunting task to face and we tried to
approach it with as much calm and open-mindedness as
possible. Fortunately for us, we were faced with a period of time spent
extensively travelling and experiencing environments that helped us a
lot creatively. The name Langata comes from a district in
Nairobi that we spent some time and encapsulated that creative process
most accurately. It was the first time that everything clicked and we
knew what the direction of the project would be. We’re very proud of the
work and we can’t wait for you to take a listen.” (press release)