Gabriels [2021] - Love And Hate In A Different Time [Parlophone] (Full EP)

I posted the title track back in Jan after release on 4 Dec 2020 (in fact the featured video was posted on YT on 7 Oct), but it looks like it may have just got a vinyl reissue (or perhaps it's the first full digital issue of the EP?) as it's now listed with a release date of 30 Apr 2021. 

 

Gabriels are lead singer Jacob Lusk (appeared on American Idol season 10 in 2011) and producers Ari Balouzian and Ryan Hope, formed in L.A. in 2016 who released their debut single 'Loyalty' in 2018 (included on the EP) which was used in a Prada advert. Their music is gospel inspired.

I'll post the whole EP as it's quite different and 'genre-defying'. As I stated when originally posted, the title track has got 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' written all over it! 'In Loving Memory' sounds like it samples/emulates 'I've Only Got Eyes For You' (The Flamingos), 'Loyalty' features a female lead by Ashley Gillis. In 'Professional' I detect hints of Billie Holliday's 'God Bless The Child'.

Reading some of the comments on Discogs, it seems that this album is highly regarded with statements like 'instant classic', 'one of the best things in a while', 'such good music'. It's certainly an acquired taste and needs to be listened to a few times to begin to fully appreciate as it's so different to anything else around blending classical, jazz, soul and gospel.

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Details

Rating:	8
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul/Gospel
Format:	EP
Media:	Digital / 12" EP
Label:	Parlophone
Cat No:	None
Year:	04/12/2020 : 30/04/2021
Key/BPM:	8B/120
Value:	£3.99 / £14.26