Joho might be the sound that the future points to for what it learnt from the past. An artist that defies genres for the trade-off of having sticky, addictive, beautiful music, he returns with a collection to be Joel Holmes’ new ID. Taking his production and composition skills to new heights, this is called numbness is exhausting.
I would not typically divide it but cut a line clean in the middle of Joho’s first track. Because it has a groove that in itself redeems it as a complete song. The rhythm is memorable; there are accents that keep it fresh. Add the lyrical gift that is added to this percussive canvas to make this nothing less than museum art. Joho is on a roll, opening a collection that will be remembered as one of his strongest on the catalogue – one of the points being how strong the opening is.
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Let’s say you’re silly enough to assume the next song is similar. Sometimes.1 has the darkness of an early Lamar song yet shows how well Joho creates and celebrates soul and R&B to this precise degree. If he tries spoken word, it’s part of the narrative. When he’s delivering verses, he’s truly feeling the mood. Amore becomes the percussive ad break that shows you how versatile art can be. This one is when the colour grading of your TV show becomes bright and dynamic. Vocals are rawer, with a light, playful background tune going on. So when Sometime.2 comes in; you feel like you’re listening to something like Channel Orange. I enjoyed Joho bringing these shifts between hip-hop aesthetics and R&B flows, pushing the storyline with his imagination.
Keep that mind open, for If You’re Alright (Dancin’) becomes a radio pop track that sears itself as the memorable return to ‘mainstream movement’. If you want to actually feel the difference, play the first track – yup, it’s from the same album. Come See About Me comes in next, opening like a pop-punk song would with that recognisable vocal filter. It then slides into this incredible R&B/hip-hop jam with some of the most soulful ambience backgrounds ever. Shifting between melodic vocals and verses that reference 00s rap, Joho is on a wave that he creates with his own music.
It’s Your Fault has that love pop-punk track energy, featuring a different zone of Joho giving us his all. I loved how this combined and transitioned into Valentine, a single that was wildly loved when released. There is something about having heard a tune like that with detailed textures adding to Joho’s composition. As I neared Pocket Holy Priest and Iron Giant, I was left spellbound with how many initiatives of genre alterations and explorations this musician has made. I wouldn’t categorise this artist under any particular genre, for he’s just shown us how music leads the way:
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