Roosevelt
“Soleil”
Sea (out now on Greco-Roman)
Around 2009/10, I had a running joke with my editor about my inability to get through my old singles column without using the word ‘Balearic’ at least once. Artists like Air France, jj, and Boat Club expertly enmeshed the dancefloors of Ibiza with the gentle breeze of Scandinavian pop to devestating effect. No matter what the weather was like, it was always sunny in my speakers. And while I’ll always have a sweet tooth for that sound, it hasn’t been quite as en vouge in the last few years (I blame Witch House).
That said, there are still a ton of excellent artists doing it — Chad Valley and Beat Connection spring to mind — and this young Hamburg native is definitely one of them. “Soleil,” the b-Side of his breakthrough single, is a buoyant, shimmering slice of Balearic Bliss with an engaging, gentle vocal and a languid, beachy arraignment. In short, it’s a great way to hang on to the last flittering strands of summer, and it serves to remind us that summer is a state of mind, not a season.
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