Devotion

In the sparseness of its haze, Devotion feels ephemeral, like a photo taken at golden hour that's just starting to fade.

On Devotion, she cordons off her own corner of modern Rn’B with a statement destined to become a genre staple.

Tirzah has made 11 raw, honest, and beautifully unusual pop songs that will remain with you whether you like it or not, bringing you back time and time again, motivated by your devotion to this record.

The album at once presents a ghastly, stuttering vision for the standard love song and tugs at the same heartstrings that R&B has always attacked. Across 39 gorgeous and addicting minutes, it never lets go.

Tirzah Mastin’s debut album Devotion is a compelling vision of what imperfect pop music can be—joyful in both sound and feeling precisely because both seem so out-of-step and asymmetrical.

Making magic out of minimal patterns – with the help of old friend and producer Mica Levi – the singer spins alluring stories of intimacy and love.

It's this skill at hypnotizing and disarming her audience that makes Devotion such a captivating reintroduction to Tirzah.

Tirzah’s Devotion, these 14 numeral moments, sketch a way toward communicating loving better.

It's striking how simple and affecting Devotion is as a whole. At a time when so much music is political and intellectualized, Tirzah's sincerity and candor is a breath of fresh air.

For her most intriguing album to date, Tirzah mixes experimental electronic tones with powerful R&B soul for an album that sounds like few others. Though it may feel like a massive and daunting step now, we’ll likely be looking back to this album as a turning point in the genre later.

‘Devotion’ is a bold statement of intent from a young artist who already sounds as if she’s carved out her own niche.

Taking inspiration from Al Green, Barry White and D’Angelo, produced with her long-term friend and collaborator Micachu, Tirzah manages to create a warped ‘90s R&B record with a soulful core and enough electronic dissonance for the modern age.