Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Allen Stone :: Best New Artist of 2012?



So I was reading Esquire's 2012 Best New Artists and there was some refreshing talent on the list. It seems like 2012 could get us back into the Amy Winehouse/Neo-Soul movement, which isn't a bad thing (sans drug overdose). When I came upon the slide for Allen Stone and his song, "Unaware" all it said underneath was, "Because the key to blue-eyed soul is a ridiculously high falsetto".  A white kid, with coke-bottle glasses and a 90's grunge outfit, layering that voice over the swaying of bass and keys is like listening to D'Angelo and Timberlake meeting Jason Mraz and Marvin Gaye. I hope, for your sake, you can crank it up at the 3:40-mark. That bridge is why people get into music.

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