Blood Orange, the moniker of Dev Hynes, can do no wrong. At least, it does tend to feel that way.
The very alternative R&B act just dropped Angel’s Pulse, a mixtape described as the epilogue t 2018’s Negro Swan. That project was beloved here at Nialler9, easily landing its way into our top ten albums of the year.
Angel’s Pulse is definitely a rougher affair. While some of the tracks, like ‘Benzo’ and the mixtape’s opener ‘I Wanna C U’ are straight up gold, much of the tape feels a little like leftovers from the Negro Swan sessions. Given the quality of that record, that’s not exactly a bad thing. It’s just hard to see the two projects as totally distinct from one another.
In any case, a video for ‘Benzo’ has been released today. The video is shot largely in period costume and features a wigged Hynes performing a tune to his longtime collaborator Ian Isiah on the Cello.
Happy watching.
