Jalen Ngonda made a noise with his first two two singles for Daptone at the
tail end of 2022 with "Just Like You Used To" (7 Sep) and "What A Difference She Made" (11 Oct) which were also paired on a vinyl release.
The good news is that he has a Daptone debut album "Come Around And Love Me" being released on 9 Aug '23 which will include both singles.
That's quite a way off yet, so to give us another taste, a third track
from it, "If You Don't Want My Love", is due out on Thursday (23 Mar '23).
A native of Wheaton, Maryland, Jalen Ngonda is now based in London via Liverpool where he relocated to in
2014 to study music at the Liverpool Institute for the Performing
Arts. He was credited as Top Emerging Solo Artist at
the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2018 and has released round seven singles and
an EP since 2016.
The new single is a surefire winner for lovers of 'proper' retro soul as
Jalen glides soulfully through this song with Motown roots and a lush
string arrangement. With all three tracks released so far, the album
will be highly anticipated and, with the album being six months away,
I'm sure we will be treated to others before its release, not least to
pair it with this one for a vinyl release?
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
Click icons below for further information or to connect with the
artist.
| Rating: | 8.8 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Retro Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Daptone Records |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 22/03/2023 |
| Key/BPM: | 10A/93 |
| Price: | £1 |
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