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Citizenn 'Songs Of Praise' (And Worship)
Citizenn’s album ‘Human Interface’, released on Crosstown Rebels in 2015, was a stunning piece of work. Here, we find him on Waze and Odyssey’s Street Tracks label with new three-part release ‘Songs Of Praise And Worship’. ‘Part 1’ is a hefty percussive number with a simplistic but mesmerising piano line that sounds like a haunted house soundtrack recorded in London’s XOYO. ‘Part 2’ tones things down slightly and will be effective as a warm-up cut with its heartfelt vocal, sombre pads and dusky atmospherics. Finishing things off is ‘Part 3’, which is peak-time tech with driving groove, build-ups and a bliding break down.
8/10
