"Marcus Elliot Brown, AKA one-man project Nourished By Time, has a classic R&B singing voice in the style of Freddie Jackson or Luther Vandross: warm, earnest and with every word enunciated as if to express his keenness of feeling. But his music is quite different: a slippery layer cake of samples, multitudinous keys and lo-fi pop production, with Brown singing of a world where the ebb and flow isn't ebbing right, be it in love or civic life."
"As much as the cold beat and ballroom flow of Ladida or the slapping body, body, body incantations of On 2 Something suggest a steadfast commitment to abandon, Jordan maintains impeccable poise and control throughout, whether in diva mode on Words 2 Say, breaking hearts on Bite the Bait, standing up for her needs on Doing It Too (I'm not too much / You just give too little) or patiently waiting for a frustrated lover to see the light on Ladida."
"Jerskin Fendrix's high-profile scores for the last three Yorgos Lanthimos films can't really help prime you for the Midlands composer's eccentrically beautiful second album, which pairs pristine musical theatre with the harebrained prog cabaret of Faith No More and (particularly) the under-sung Morphine. At first, Once Upon a Time casts the rural bliss of growing up in 00s Shropshire in a golden light, a haven of getting ratted on Baileys and listening to Kanye on a farm, then having a lovely hungover grou"
Marcus Elliot Brown, as Nourished By Time, pairs a classic R&B singing voice reminiscent of Freddie Jackson and Luther Vandross with sample-heavy, lo-fi pop production. His songs describe a world where emotional and civic rhythms feel out of sync, yet he still delivers an instant-classic R&B ballad in "Tossed Away." Rochelle Jordan's sixth album offers expensively plush deep house textures, blending cold beats and ballroom flow with controlled, commanding vocal performances across tracks like "Ladida," "On 2 Something" and "Doing It Too." Jerskin Fendrix combines pristine musical theatre with harebrained prog cabaret, evoking rural 2000s Shropshire nostalgia and eccentric compositional choices.
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