Blood Orange
“Chamakay”
Cupid Deluxe (out this fall on Domino)
Devonte Hynes has officially entered CAN’T FEEL MY FACE mode. The 27 year-old Brit has written and produced four or five of the best tracks of this year, and now he’s getting into the act himself. “Chamakay” is the debut single from his follow-up to 2011’s super-underrated, Coastal Grooves, and if God exists, it will be the album that catapults him into the pop music stratosphere. “Chamakay” is everything I love about Dev Tunes; it’s a breezy, alluring throwback cut without a shred of irony or pastiche. Extra points for an affecting video (shot by kindred spirit Adam Bainbridge of Kindness) and the lush vocals of Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek. We don’t have a lick of information about Cupid Deluxe, but if it’s out this year, it should be one of the albums of the year.
