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Peyton Booker started releasing understated and durable progressive R&B in the mid-2010s. A classically trained vocalist and violinist with a rich gospel background and bloodline, the Houstonian was in her late teens when she worked with the Internet's Steve Lacy on "Tell Me," and within a few years of that, her "Sweet Honey" and "Lifeline" played in episodes of Insecure. "Sweet Honey" attracted Stones Throw, Peyton's label home since 2019, the year she issued a sure-footed EP entitled Reach Out. PSA, which is also preceded by an appearance on Blue Note pianist James Francies' Purest Form, among several other collaborations, is her debut Stones Throw album. That it ends with a consoling version of Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory's "Pure Imagination" -- rendered like folk-soul Minnie Riperton in an echo chamber -- is entirely appropriate. A similar sanguine charm extends from almost all of the originals before it. There's a whispery lullaby about a hasty retreat from antagonists, and the fluttering "Big Flexer" can be heard as a sarcastic and amusing result of people-watching, but those are exceptions on a set that tends to deal in optimism and support of self and anyone in earshot. Peyton is squarely in the lineage of highly melodious and soothing voices like Deniece Williams, Amel Larrieux, and Solange, but she makes it known here, however subtly, that she's an idiosyncratic creative force. Take the way she finesses "healin', "villain," and "superwoman" into a natural-sounding rhyme in "What Did I Do," an attempt to make amends over a production that uncoils and plinks like a dainty spin on late-'90s Timbaland. Uncommonly alluring in "Don't You Wanna Fly," an offbeat pop-soul truffle, she could be singing about a mind-altering substance, herself, or a skateboard ramp. Most distinctive (and lyrically unambiguous) is "Tad Bit," a warped falsetto slow jam that at points sounds like it's actually jammed, on purpose, to prevent a moment of romantic promise from slipping away. Not far behind are the sad and sleek "It's Been So Long" and idyllic and in-love "Perfect Peach." The album is so intimate that the first letter of PSA could also stand for personal or private. Its replayability can lead to companionship.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Peyton, MainArtist - Jay Anthony, Producer - Ultra Empire Music (BMI), MusicPublisher - H Shorter Music (BMI), MusicPublisher - Songtrust (BMI), MusicPublisher - Peyton Nicole Booker, Composer, Lyricist - Warren Long, Producer - Hope Ruth Shorter, Author
2021 Stones Throw Records 2021 Stones Throw Records
Peyton, MainArtist - Jay Anthony, Producer - Ultra Empire Music (BMI), MusicPublisher - Julia Lewis, Producer - Benjamin Falik, Author - H Shorter Music (BMI), MusicPublisher - Biako, Producer - Brice Blanco, FeaturedArtist - Itai David Shapira, Author - Itaimusik admin by Third Side Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Songtrust (BMI), MusicPublisher - Peyton Nicole Booker, Composer, Lyricist - Hope Ruth Shorter, Author - Jay A Fort, Author - Brice Edward White, Author - Benjamin Falik (ASCAP) / Cody Pablito Publishing / Atlas Music Group, MusicPublisher
2021 Stones Throw Records 2021 Stones Throw Records
Peyton, MainArtist - Chase of Nazareth, Producer - Dezmond Colbert, Author - Songtrust (BMI), MusicPublisher - Peyton Nicole Booker, Composer, Lyricist - Dezmond Colbert (BMI), MusicPublisher
2021 Stones Throw Records 2021 Stones Throw Records
Peyton, MainArtist - Chase of Nazareth, Producer - Dezmond Colbert, Author - Peyton Nicole Booker, Composer, Lyricist - BMI (IPI- 00849562788), MusicPublisher - Dezmond Colbert (BMI), MusicPublisher
2021 Stones Throw Records 2021 Stones Throw Records
Peyton, MainArtist - Socan, MusicPublisher - Adam Tune, Author - Gregory Charles Dawson, Author - Maurice Dave Francois, Author - Robert John Cappelletto, Author - Songtrust (BMI), MusicPublisher - Peyton Nicole Booker, Composer, Lyricist - Keys and Krates, Producer
2021 Stones Throw Records 2021 Stones Throw Records
Peyton, MainArtist - Vicky Farewell Nguyen, Composer, Producer - Loyal Unto Death Music / Sony Music Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher
2021 Stones Throw Records 2021 Stones Throw Records
Peyton, MainArtist - BMI, MusicPublisher - Songtrust (BMI), MusicPublisher - Peyton Nicole Booker, Composer, Lyricist - Ian McGilber, Author, Producer, FeaturedArtist - Taylor Louis, Author, Producer - Taylor Louis Productions (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2021 Stones Throw Records 2021 Stones Throw Records
Peyton, MainArtist - David Phelps, Author, Producer - Vicky Farewell Nguyen, Author, Producer - Insightful, Producer - Biako, Producer - Itai David Shapira, Author - Itaimusik admin by Third Side Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Songtrust (BMI), MusicPublisher - Peyton Nicole Booker, Composer, Lyricist - Matthew Bradley Suggett, Author - Loyal Unto Death Music / Sony Music Publishing (BMI) Songtrust (BMI), MusicPublisher
2021 Stones Throw Records 2021 Stones Throw Records
Peyton, MainArtist - Socan, MusicPublisher - Adam Tune, Author - Gregory Charles Dawson, Author - Maurice Dave Francois, Author - Robert John Cappelletto, Author - Songtrust (BMI), MusicPublisher - Peyton Nicole Booker, Composer, Lyricist - Keys and Krates, Producer
2021 Stones Throw Records 2021 Stones Throw Records
Peyton, MainArtist - Chase of Nazareth, Producer - Dezmond Colbert, Author - Songtrust (BMI), MusicPublisher - Peyton Nicole Booker, Composer, Lyricist - Dezmond Colbert (BMI), MusicPublisher
2021 Stones Throw Records 2021 Stones Throw Records
Peyton, MainArtist - Hope Shorter, Author - Kobalt Songs Music Publishing (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - H Shorter Music (BMI), MusicPublisher - Vicky Farewell Nguyen, Author - Biako, Producer - Itai David Shapira, Author - Christopher G McClenney, Author - Itaimusik admin by Third Side Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Vicky Farewell, Producer - McClenney, Producer - Songtrust (BMI), MusicPublisher - Peyton Nicole Booker, Composer, Lyricist - Hope Ruth Shorter, Author - Loyal Unto Death Music / Sony Music Publishing H SHORTER MUSIC (BMI), MusicPublisher
2021 Stones Throw Records 2021 Stones Throw Records
Peyton, MainArtist - Anthony Newley, Author - Leslie Bricusse, Author - Downtown DMP Songs (BMI), MusicPublisher - Wes Monroe, Producer - Taradam Music Inc (BMI), MusicPublisher
2021 Stones Throw Records 2021 Stones Throw Records
Album review
Peyton Booker started releasing understated and durable progressive R&B in the mid-2010s. A classically trained vocalist and violinist with a rich gospel background and bloodline, the Houstonian was in her late teens when she worked with the Internet's Steve Lacy on "Tell Me," and within a few years of that, her "Sweet Honey" and "Lifeline" played in episodes of Insecure. "Sweet Honey" attracted Stones Throw, Peyton's label home since 2019, the year she issued a sure-footed EP entitled Reach Out. PSA, which is also preceded by an appearance on Blue Note pianist James Francies' Purest Form, among several other collaborations, is her debut Stones Throw album. That it ends with a consoling version of Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory's "Pure Imagination" -- rendered like folk-soul Minnie Riperton in an echo chamber -- is entirely appropriate. A similar sanguine charm extends from almost all of the originals before it. There's a whispery lullaby about a hasty retreat from antagonists, and the fluttering "Big Flexer" can be heard as a sarcastic and amusing result of people-watching, but those are exceptions on a set that tends to deal in optimism and support of self and anyone in earshot. Peyton is squarely in the lineage of highly melodious and soothing voices like Deniece Williams, Amel Larrieux, and Solange, but she makes it known here, however subtly, that she's an idiosyncratic creative force. Take the way she finesses "healin', "villain," and "superwoman" into a natural-sounding rhyme in "What Did I Do," an attempt to make amends over a production that uncoils and plinks like a dainty spin on late-'90s Timbaland. Uncommonly alluring in "Don't You Wanna Fly," an offbeat pop-soul truffle, she could be singing about a mind-altering substance, herself, or a skateboard ramp. Most distinctive (and lyrically unambiguous) is "Tad Bit," a warped falsetto slow jam that at points sounds like it's actually jammed, on purpose, to prevent a moment of romantic promise from slipping away. Not far behind are the sad and sleek "It's Been So Long" and idyllic and in-love "Perfect Peach." The album is so intimate that the first letter of PSA could also stand for personal or private. Its replayability can lead to companionship.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:31:25
- Main artists: Peyton
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Stones Throw Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
2021 Stones Throw Records 2021 Stones Throw Records
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