New breed

"Because this is dance music, DAWN's lessons are meant to be moved to instead of just heard. She produced most of the record and intended the music as a soundtrack to some serious cavorting. The lyrics suggest life can be carnival, if you let yourself go. The instrumentation reinforces this message with a corporal, even carnal, insistence. The instinctive need to boogie cannot be denied".

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"A trilogy of expansive albums plus a crop of intermediary releases and featured appearances did not deplete Dawn Richard's reserve. On New Breed, her first major release since Redemption, the label-defiant marvel again switches up her supporting co-producers and cooks up another half-hour of authoritative progressive pop".

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"Dawn Richard er en af vor tids mest interessante uafhængige R&B-sangerinder. På 'New Breed' har hun ladet sig inspirere af Mardi Gras-optoget i fødebyen New Orleans og de såkaldte sorte indianere - eller The Mardi Gras Indians, som består af 38 forskellige stammer i farverige fjerdragter ... Albummet i sig selv er en inderlig blanding af syntetisk science fiction-R&B, soul og lydklip med sorte indianere ... Teksterne kredser om sex, jalousi og lokalpatriotisme. Det er en musikalsk collage og en flot kærlighedserklæring til New Orleans".

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