Stars can take years for their light to reach us but that doesn’t make them any less dazzling. Confused? Well just because rising R&B star Rachel Davie Lee released her world-class single ‘Love Is In The Air’ in August doesn’t make it any less relevant now, or make the track any less captivating for that matter.
In a successful attempt to dissociate the track with its heavily-weighted namesake, Lee redefines the expected bombast of an R&B ‘banger’ – replacing the ostentatious bass booms and predictable rhythms with a more meditated approach; the result is one of the genre’s most intriguing and endearing releases this year.
Serving in daylight as a Compliance Officer and surrounded by family and relatives that make the title of ‘judge’ look simply above average, Lee goes from one competitive environment to the other – only this time in search of a creative outlet. With that said, Lee never holds back on ‘Love Is In The Air’ and neither does she on the rest of her ‘Barely Concealed’ debut EP. It’s the sound of catharsis, a release of pent-up creative drive.
Replete with a stunning array of keys, strings and Lee’s own velvet-like vocals, what we have here is a soundscape worthy of marvelling. It’s never quite in your face, never too timorous and certainly not as rambunctious as the genre can be known for – a surprisingly mature and balanced concoction for such a newcomer.
Catchy, gorgeous and professionally produced – there’s not really a better first step and Rachel Davie Lee has turned that step into a stride.
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