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It's a testament to Connie Constance's nerve and swift artistic maturity -- and the support of her labels, Black Acre and the Universal-affiliated AMF -- that the singer and songwriter starts her first album with a compelling, faithfully bare cover of the Jam's "English Rose." From that choice onward, through a set of stylistically flexible originals made with a crew including Luke Gomm, Jim Abbiss, Dave Okumu, and Alfa Mist, Constance sounds poised yet uninhibited. She's certainly not the same artist who once felt predestined to make straightforward commercial R&B. Applying her probing lyrics and variably granular vocals to jagged and slightly sinister rockers, trap-flecked trunk rattlers, and high-grade soul-jazz throwbacks, Constance falls somewhere between King Krule and Priests as easily as she does between Jorja Smith and Khalid. At the same time, no artist to whom she's likened is quite like her. The uniqueness goes beyond her aptitude for switching and combining idioms. Take the way she uses her voice for effect in "Bad Vibes," deepening and quickening as she vents "I was in the light, you were in the dark, no more words could convince you," hitting the last consonants with the force of a heavy object tumbling down a staircase. Her voice fearlessly swings from sweet to sour, sometimes projecting the latter quality to a pungent extent, yet it always suits her words, whether she's cutting down a lover or herself. Moreover, she fully explores the versatility of "f*ck," dropping one or two in just about every scenario, most expressively so in "Bloody British Me," where she curses at herself and political inertia. Some of these songs were originally released during 2017 and 2018, but their presence on this higher-profile release is necessary. "Let Go" in particular remains Constance's best song and performance, a ballad of twisted torment that stuns.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Weller, ComposerLyricist - Ben Baptie, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Menhenitt, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Connie Constance, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Koor, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Universal Music Operations Limited
David Jones, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Baptie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dj West, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Connie Constance, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Constance Power, ComposerLyricist - Nathanael Graham, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Gomm, Producer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Ewins, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Snowden, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Universal Music Operations Limited
G. Roberts, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Abbiss, Producer, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edd Hartwell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Baptie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Hill, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Menhenitt, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Scheller, ComposerLyricist - Connie Constance, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Constance Power, ComposerLyricist - Rory Bett, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harry Koisser, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Will Yates, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Universal Music Operations Limited
Jim Abbiss, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edd Hartwell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Baptie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul White, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Additional Producer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Hill, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Abbott, Guitar, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Menhenitt, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Connie Constance, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Constance Power, ComposerLyricist - Jonny Drop, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Odiwe, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rory Bett, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 Universal Music Operations Limited
Jim Abbiss, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edd Hartwell, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Baptie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Blue Daisy, Guitar, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Hill, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Kwesi Darko, ComposerLyricist - Andy Menhenitt, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Connie Constance, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Constance Power, ComposerLyricist - Brad Webb, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Gomm, Producer, Additional Producer - Rory Bett, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harry Koisser, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Will Yates, Strings, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 Universal Music Operations Limited
Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Baptie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Connie Constance, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Constance Power, ComposerLyricist - Tev'n, Producer - Ntuthuko Nhlumayo, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 AMF Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd
Jim Abbiss, Producer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edd Hartwell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Okumu, Producer, Percussion, Additional Producer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Baptie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Fred Abbott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Menhenitt, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Connie Constance, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Constance Power, ComposerLyricist - Jonny Drop, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Odiwe, Bass Guitar, Synth Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rory Bett, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 Universal Music Operations Limited
G. Roberts, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Abbiss, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edd Hartwell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris James, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Baptie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Menhenitt, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Crossan, Producer, Guitar, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Connie Constance, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Constance Power, ComposerLyricist - Rory Bett, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harry Koisser, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Universal Music Operations Limited
John Davis, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Abbiss, Producer - Edd Hartwell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Baptie, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Hill, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Menhenitt, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfa mist, Producer, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Connie Constance, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Constance Power, ComposerLyricist - Brad Webb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Alfa Sekitoleko, ComposerLyricist - Rory Bett, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harry Koisser, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Will Yates, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Universal Music Operations Limited
Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Baptie, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alfa mist, Producer - Connie Constance, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Constance Power, ComposerLyricist - Jonny Drop, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Banwell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alfa Sekitoleko, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 AMF Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd
Jim Abbiss, Producer, Additional Producer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edd Hartwell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Baptie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Hill, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Menhenitt, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Connie Constance, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Constance Power, ComposerLyricist - Luke Gomm, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Will Yates, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
It's a testament to Connie Constance's nerve and swift artistic maturity -- and the support of her labels, Black Acre and the Universal-affiliated AMF -- that the singer and songwriter starts her first album with a compelling, faithfully bare cover of the Jam's "English Rose." From that choice onward, through a set of stylistically flexible originals made with a crew including Luke Gomm, Jim Abbiss, Dave Okumu, and Alfa Mist, Constance sounds poised yet uninhibited. She's certainly not the same artist who once felt predestined to make straightforward commercial R&B. Applying her probing lyrics and variably granular vocals to jagged and slightly sinister rockers, trap-flecked trunk rattlers, and high-grade soul-jazz throwbacks, Constance falls somewhere between King Krule and Priests as easily as she does between Jorja Smith and Khalid. At the same time, no artist to whom she's likened is quite like her. The uniqueness goes beyond her aptitude for switching and combining idioms. Take the way she uses her voice for effect in "Bad Vibes," deepening and quickening as she vents "I was in the light, you were in the dark, no more words could convince you," hitting the last consonants with the force of a heavy object tumbling down a staircase. Her voice fearlessly swings from sweet to sour, sometimes projecting the latter quality to a pungent extent, yet it always suits her words, whether she's cutting down a lover or herself. Moreover, she fully explores the versatility of "f*ck," dropping one or two in just about every scenario, most expressively so in "Bloody British Me," where she curses at herself and political inertia. Some of these songs were originally released during 2017 and 2018, but their presence on this higher-profile release is necessary. "Let Go" in particular remains Constance's best song and performance, a ballad of twisted torment that stuns.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:02
- Main artists: Connie Constance
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: AMF
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2019 Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2019 Universal Music Operations Limited
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