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London’s own Bryony Jarman-Pinto delivers a sublime, summer-ready slice of Soulquarian neo-soul on this– her first release from her forthcoming debut album Cage and Aviary.

The vocalist and songwriter has been generating a deservingly-delirious amount of music-biz buzz from the likes of Lauren Laverne (BBC 6Music) and Jamz Supernova (BBC 1Xtra).

And Sunkissed is the latest track to tickle our suitably tantalised taste-buds.

Full of Palladino-like bass noodlings and ?uesto-style cross-stick snares, it really could be an outtake from Baduizm or D’Angelo’s Voodoo – except that a track this fly could never have fallen anywhere near the cutting-room floor.

The tasteful reedsmanship on the middle eight lends the track a sweet lounge jazz aesthetic to dovetail directly with Jarman-Pinto’s chocolatey-smooth tones.

Cage and Aviary will be released on 16th August.

MORE FROM THIS WEEK’S MIX

DEVON GILFILLIAN: GET OUT AND GET IT
PARK JIHA: ON WATER
YAKUL: BLOSSOMING
THEOPHILUS LONDON: SEALS – SOLO

P.S. You can find all of the tracks reviewed above in the 45 Revolutions per Minute playlist below or click to access the 45 RPM Playlist on Spotify itself.

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– SV –