Kelela - New Avatar (Purple Vinyl) - LP - Warp Records 2022 release

2022 release

among others

recalling vintage mod soul like David Axelrod

Pat Arnold and Doris Troy

John Lee Hooker - "It Serve You Right To Suffer (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series)" [180g Heavy Vinyl LP] Released on the Impulse

Kelela - New Avatar (Purple Vinyl) - LP - Warp Records 2022 releaseMy origin story as a songwriter and artist set the context for the catharsis I experienced while making new avatar. I wrote my very first songs in a punk house. The indie scene I was part of provided me with an outlet for genre defying experiments that illuminated intersections I was hearing in my head. We didn't spend tons of time on songs cuz the kids in that scene didn't care about nailing it. It was (lowkey) about messing up, giving 0 f***s and