Yarden keeps pulling gems from his debut album ANGEL, and the latest is a smooth record called “LUV.”
The song is one of thirteen tracks on the project. It sits inside a body of work where the Nigerian singer and songwriter stretches his sound across Afropop, Afrosoul and alternative R&B. On “LUV,” his pen does the heavy lifting. He writes with a light touch, letting melodies carry simple lines instead of crowding them with big words. That restraint fits the title, because the record treats love as something easy to hum along to rather than a long explanation.
His smooth vocal delivery does most of the work here. The song also holds its own among the thirteen tracks without leaning on heavy production tricks.
For anyone who has followed Yarden’s earlier releases, this is another look at how he shapes a song. New ears, however, get a soft entry point into ANGEL.
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