Name: For You and I
Brand: Loraine James

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HDBLP045

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black

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-09-20

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5055869592642

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

HDBCD045

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CD has extra track Words Ear Mouth

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Loraine James

Genre GB

Electronic

Label GB

Hyperdub

Raised in the multicultural and mind-broadening London borough of Enfield, Loraine James grew up hearing everything from steel pan music to Metallica, from jazz and electronica to drill and grime, and the results of this exposure can be heard on For You And I. In part the album explores the complexities of being in a queer relationship in London - “I’m in love and wanted to share that in some way … to make songs that reflect layers of my relationship.” – and as a whole For You and I is rhythmically free flowing and sprawling, with melodies that evolve into rippling keys, feeling like a live jam session with a jazz mentality, contrasting the delicate and abrasive.

Opener Glitch Bitch is a warm ear-worm, brandishing swirling textures with undulating keys and compressed percussion, with an introspective theme revisited soon after on third track So Scared, whose glitched percussion and syncopated dub bassline build to a frantic meltdown melody. On London Ting // Dark As Fuck, inspired by Dizzee Rascals's Boy In Da Corner, James explores the darker side of her production with her frequent collaborator Le3 BLACK laying verses over the skeletal track. Hand Drops is an instrumental, about public displays of affection in a queer relationship. ‘Sensual’ reflects on intimacy with vocals by UK singer Theo, who's lyrics capture love and gentleness over a soft, minimal production of ethereal keys and scattered glitches. The albums’ title track is also the most colourful, it’s ecstatic and effusive chaos driven by fervent synths expressing elation and the joyful side of her relationship, while My Future is a more reflective moment, where warping synths wash in and out with compressed kicks, as the artist considers the dangers that may come with her relationship : “I wanna tie the knot / But the rope is dangerous”. For You And I is a deeply intimate and personal offering, expressing happiness, anxiety, joy, sensuality and fear through a vivid sound palette and an experimental sense of rhythm.

For You and I

Music GB