What do a tighty-whitey-wearing, Ron Jeremy look-a-like R&B singer, a collaboration between rapper Astronautalis and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and a British pop-hop duo called Rizzle Kicks have in common? Pretty much nothing, other than the fact that all three have songs on this week’s Friday Mixtape; one full of randomness.
Nashville’s Tyler James and Jessica Maros—recording as Escondido—turn in a dusty, Southwestern ballad and U.K. pop songstress Banoffee sings as sweetly as the dessert she’s named after on her song “Let’s Go to the Beach.”
In all, 18 extremely likeable and very different sounding songs covering just over an hour of music are included. Just be sure to stick around for a dance party courtesy of Snakehips and the remixed track “Days With You” as well as handclaps from Shakey Graves’ brand new song “Dearly Departed” featuring the beautiful harmonies of Esme Patterson.
This article appears in Aug 27 – Sep 4, 2014.
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