British singer/songwriter Michael Baker makes a recent begin (and dons a recent sound) as Roman Joon with “Name It What You Need,” an exhilarating, achingly pressing debut single that’s as seductive and sultry as it’s impassioned and unrelenting.
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“Name It What You Need” – Roman Joon
Farewell, Michael Baker, and good day, Roman Joon!
With each ending comes a brand new starting, and the horizon appears particularly promising for my favourite Brighton-based singer/songwriter. A staple of Atwood’s pages for 5 years and counting, indie people artist Michael Baker has distinguished himself as a bridge between the intimately ethereal and softly cinematic, releasing 4 studio albums (and a litany of EPs) that evoke his personal humanity, whereas echoing bits of common heat and knowledge that resonate deep in our hearts.
Atwood Journal beforehand praised Baker’s sophomore album Salt as “a heartfelt reckoning stuffed with putting vulnerability and intensely intimate, stunning songwriting,” and referred to as 2021’s third LP How Come You Sleep “a cathartic launch of stress and visceral self-reflection made with love, mild, and hope within the midst of a pandemic.” Embracing house whereas bridging acoustic and electrical instrumentation and a delicate rock / indie people aesthetic, Baker’s visceral music might (and may) be likened to such acclaimed artists as Sufjan Stevens, Gregory Alan Isakov, Blind Pilot, Dustin Tebbutt, Bear’s Den, and Aquilo.
However the instances, they’re a-changin’, and after making music beneath his personal identify for almost a decade, Baker discovered himself prepared for a refresh. “I wished to begin recent, actually,” he explains. “Good to be on album one once more and simply give it a whack out into the trade as a beginner.”
His new alter-ego, Roman Joon, comes with no baggage nor expectations; the sky’s the restrict for what this artist can and can do, beginning together with his spellbinding, dramatic, and achingly pressing debut single, “Name It What You Need.”
crawling up the partitions
by no means to be heard
i really like you
there’s all the time a type of
who’ll hate the best way you flirt
i really like you
you’ll be able to name it what you need
name it what you need
’trigger all the things occurs
all the things occurs
“I’d had this observe kicking round for some time, enjoying with completely different variations, however I stored coming again to the unique demo – there was one thing about it I simply couldn’t shake,” Baker tells Atwood Journal. “When it got here time to complete it for my debut album, I knew the guts of that demo needed to keep.”
“I introduced in Chris Matthewson, who I’ve additionally collaborated with on our ‘Bloody Vacationer’ challenge, to play baritone guitar, and Marcus Hamblett added these pitch-bent trumpets that actually gave the observe life. The digital glitches got here from experimenting with a Chase Bliss Temper pedal on the guitar, and the remainder is historical past. It’s acquired that late-night driving vibe, excellent for head-bopping, with the true energy mendacity in its rhythmic consistency.”
a window with a view
backyard avenue, go beneath
undergo the tavern beau
all the things you select
go beneath
you’ll be able to name it what you need
name it what you need
’trigger all the things occurs
all the things occurs
Seductive and sultry, impassioned and unrelenting, “Name It What You Need” is an exhilarating debut that ensures we’ll pay extra-special consideration to this ‘new’ artist from right here on out.
Along with his debut album I Suppose I’m Alright, Mighty Nice set to launch in 2025, Roman Joon is undoubtedly an artist to observe – one who, untethered to the previous, can go wherever and do something. Right here’s to creating a recent begin.
you’ll be able to name it what you need
name it what you need
’trigger all the things occurs
all the things occurs
you’ll be able to name it what you need
name it what you need
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