BANKS has hypnotized fans around the world with her real moody R&B chops since she released "Before I Ever Met You" and "Fall Over" in 2013, and whilst some of the early BANKS tracks felt a little passive and apathetic at times, her more recent run of material are far more direct and forceful, going straight for the jugular, especially in the cutting lyrical content. With her fittingly titled debut LP, "Goddess," out just about a month away, the Los Angeles songstress is gradually teasing the entire album on her Soundcloud, with another track, "Beggin For Thread."
This time around, BANKS steps out from the shadows of neo-R&B, coming across a bit more forceful and aggressive over an especially moody, house-inspired medley of chunky synths, zig-zagging layers of percussion, and random studio noise. While her croon can be especially poignant and fragile at times, the rawness is doubly apparent in lines like "I got itches that scratch/ And sometimes I don't got a filter/ But I'm so tired of even/ I love my misspoken words." "Beggin For Thread," is yet again sultry but surprisingly danceable. It may be the most upbeat and memorable track she's released but don't expect disco balls or choreographed dance moves.
On "Beggin For Thread," the big-in-England singer-songwriter sounds something like a genetic fusion of Fiona Apple and James Blake, and I consider that to be high praise indeed. The brooding chanteuse sticks to her somber black-and-white tones in the song's accompanying clip, produced by Jesse Rogg and Tim Andreson. Unlike her video for "Drowning," this one is entirely done in black-and-white, following sensual body movements by topless, and bulky, male dancers, as BANKS shows off that vocal range of hers, and even dances a bit in the background.
So far, BANKS' videos have been moody and minimal and her latest is no different and matches the emotional intensity of the song. In the stark, intense, mostly black-and-white video with dramatic flashes of tonal red cut in for contrast, we see BANKS on a soundstage, surrounded by provocative interpretative dancers and a white horse appear on an empty sound stage, moving and writhing to the California musician's haunting melody and lyrics. But the best thing about this video is BANKS' icy stare into the camera. Dark and elegant, this video giving depth to the music thanks to the talented director Barnaby Roper.
This time around, BANKS steps out from the shadows of neo-R&B, coming across a bit more forceful and aggressive over an especially moody, house-inspired medley of chunky synths, zig-zagging layers of percussion, and random studio noise. While her croon can be especially poignant and fragile at times, the rawness is doubly apparent in lines like "I got itches that scratch/ And sometimes I don't got a filter/ But I'm so tired of even/ I love my misspoken words." "Beggin For Thread," is yet again sultry but surprisingly danceable. It may be the most upbeat and memorable track she's released but don't expect disco balls or choreographed dance moves.
On "Beggin For Thread," the big-in-England singer-songwriter sounds something like a genetic fusion of Fiona Apple and James Blake, and I consider that to be high praise indeed. The brooding chanteuse sticks to her somber black-and-white tones in the song's accompanying clip, produced by Jesse Rogg and Tim Andreson. Unlike her video for "Drowning," this one is entirely done in black-and-white, following sensual body movements by topless, and bulky, male dancers, as BANKS shows off that vocal range of hers, and even dances a bit in the background.
So far, BANKS' videos have been moody and minimal and her latest is no different and matches the emotional intensity of the song. In the stark, intense, mostly black-and-white video with dramatic flashes of tonal red cut in for contrast, we see BANKS on a soundstage, surrounded by provocative interpretative dancers and a white horse appear on an empty sound stage, moving and writhing to the California musician's haunting melody and lyrics. But the best thing about this video is BANKS' icy stare into the camera. Dark and elegant, this video giving depth to the music thanks to the talented director Barnaby Roper.
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