Kindness-Otherness-CD-FLAC-2014-ERP

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 Info   
     Artist  | Kindness
     Title   | Otherness
     Genre   | Indie                                Format  | Album
     Source  | CD                                   Time    | 46:13
     Label   | Female Energy                        Store   | 2014
     Catalog | FEMNRGCD2                            Rip     | 2021
     Bitrate | 824 kbps                             Size    | 284.77 MB
     Freq    | 44.1 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     01. World Restart (Feat. Kelela & Ade)                          4:39
     02. This Is Not About Us                                        3:20
     03. I'll Be Back                                                5:18
     04. Who Do You Love? (Feat. Robyn)                              4:51
     05. 8th Wonder (Feat. M.anifest)                                5:12
     06. With You (Feat. Kelela)                                     4:03
     07. Geneva                                                      5:46
     08. For The Young                                               3:14
     09. Why Don't You Love Me? (Feat. Devonte Hynes & Tawiah)       4:05
     10. It'll Be Ok                                                 5:45
 Notes  
     Kindness is Adam Bainbridge, an artist whose three proper albums under the
     alias - "World, You Need A Change Of Mind" (2012), "Otherness" (2014), and
     "Something Like A War" (2019) - have refined and mutated an intimate yet
     inclusive form of art-pop informed most by post-disco R&B. Although
     Bainbridge writes, produces, sings, and plays several instruments, they
     have been keen to spotlight collaborators (such as Kelela, Robyn, and
     Jazmine Sullivan).
     After the release of his first album under the name Kindness, Adam
     Bainbridge took the advice of that record's title and had a change of mind.
     Or at least a big change in the way he operated. After a few years writing
     downer disco jams and working with legendary French producer Philip Zdar,
     Bainbridge took a slight left turn into downer R&B ballads and a more
     collaborative style with his second album "Otherness".
     Right away with "World Restart," the horn-filled, stutter-step ballad, he
     brings in Kelela and Ade to sing lead vocals, and instead of channeling the
     gliding, disco-fed melancholy of Arthur Russell, Bainbridge tries to
     conjure up something grittier, sadder, and looser. The rest of the album
     continues along this track with guests like Devonte Hynes, rapper
     M.anifest, Kelela again, and Robyn (on the very oddly mixed 'Who Do You
     Love') helping Kindness sound much less like a one-man project and more
     like a bummed-out collective.
     Also, more like all the other singers and bands mining the same seam of
     downtempo alternative R&B, which is kind of a problem. One, because, apart
     from a couple tracks ("With You" and the Robyn song) that show a little bit
     of inventive spirit, others do it much better. Two, because Kindness
     already had a sound that was working just fine. Sure, the debut wasn't all
     sunshine and lollipops, but Bainbridge made sure to throw in enough uptempo
     jams to counteract all the inward-looking, melancholy moods the bulk of the
     album sought to create.
     Here there's only one track with any forward motion, and it's the overly
     slick and one-dimensional "I'll Be Back". Otherwise, "Otherness" is mostly
     murky and overcooked ballads, without hooks or much emotional impact.
     Zdar's presence is surely missed, but even he couldn't have sprinkled
     enough glitter over the album to make it anything less than a snooze. It's
     always a bummer when an obviously talented artist makes such a glaring
     misstep; the only hope is that they can right the ship by the time the
     sessions for the next album come along. So, unless second-rate alternative
     R&B without much personality is what's required, better to wait until next
     time with Kindness.

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33M	01-kindness-world_restart_(feat._kelela_and_ade).flac
23M	02-kindness-this_is_not_about_us.flac
30M	03-kindness-ill_be_back.flac
28M	04-kindness-who_do_you_love_(feat._robyn).flac
29M	05-kindness-8th_wonder_(feat._m.anifest).flac
22M	06-kindness-with_you_(feat._kelela).flac
32M	07-kindness-geneva.flac
19M	08-kindness-for_the_young.flac
25M	09-kindness-why_dont_you_love_me_(feat._devonte_hynes_and_tawiah).flac
34M	10-kindness-itll_be_ok.flac
273M	total