Surprise! One of our own writers triples as a DJ, music maker, and talented vocalist. When I first stalked her
SoundCloud, I knew I'd secretly review her one day. Turns out today is the day, because this is the song "” the windows-down, volume-up, sing-along, slow burning, summer jam of summer jams.
Between The Soundmen's cross-genre production and Rai's depth of voice , "With You" captures the sultry sentiment of 80s electronic pop "” the teenage dream "” while including enough sizzlin' hip-hop to be very much reassuring of present desires. It's an inescapable anthem, without the added feeling that you'd ever want to escape.
"With You" is also the first single off The Soundmen's upcoming EP, which means if the rest sounds anything like this, it's going to be awesome. Keep up with the Seattle duo on
Facebook to find out when it drops. And for more from Detroit's Rai Knight, aka spectacular senior staff writer
Rachel Skotarczyk , follow her on
Facebook.