Delicately tiptoeing, minimalistic inditeronica elements have long been furnished with equally soft-natured, sultry vocal work, exemplified by The xx and their crown jewel Romy Madley Croft. However, these-well loved, understated yet emotive synthetic riffs and chimes are unmistakably versatile, laden with virtually endless potential for synergism .
Exploring this dynamic, Birmingham-native T.O.L.D kicks off "2 Young" with the almost insipid allure of some suspiciously xx-like minimalism, before introducing a stirringly deep vocal harmony which can only be described as the male answer to Imogen Heap's legendary "Hide and Seek."
From there, it's all but insipid as playful drum machines, lifted from the hip-hop playbook, canter alongside statement-making baselines and vocal layers dripping with Gospel choir-like majesty to carry the track to a complex uptempto climax.
Extensive vocal and genre crossbreeding carries the danger of earning one the "jack of all trades, master of none" label, but the superbly executed "2 Young" signals the refining of a sound that's greater than the sum of its parts.
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