Earthtones, the fourth studio album from Bahamas is beautifully familiar, but new enough to engage fully with the tales of luckless love and the struggles of everyday life.
Taken together, Earthtones is a refreshing, playful set that hits a sweet spot between classic smooth soul and Jurvanen's pensive soft rock.
By pushing himself and his collaborators to such bold new heights, Bahamas is sure to win over slews of new fans. This is the work of ravenous, restless musicians who refuse to be pigeonholed.
Consistently welcoming and intriguing, Jurvanen is setting high expectations for what soul record can be in 2018.
I might be an asshole but the jack johnson sound is crap, the backup singing women are on point though Show Me Naomi is a jam, bad boys need love to is a song that goes on bout not growing up with a pepop and then bout not killing the planet and i just sat back like that escalated quickly (and pondered on how shit that chorus or whatever them sounds were during the chorus was) from me to you its not awful, but gosh damn this mans voice is just lacking grit or something i feel like he needs to ... read more
Listened to this a while back and haven't even thought once to listen to it again. It's a nice overall sound, but it is unable to make a real mark on my memory. To be fair, the style is not really my own, so maybe I'm biased. But that's what user reviews are for.