Yazmin Lacey: Pieces

Across a slow-burning tempo and horns from James Mollison, Ritchie Seivwright and Sheila Maurice-Gray, British singer Yazmin Lacey’s smooth and smoky vocals seduce in her new single “Pieces.” Intimate and soulful, the track is “an open goodbye letter,” the artist says. “‘Pieces’ is bathed in a kind of blissful melancholy, a 50/50 fusion of love and loss.”

Kaisha: Ego

Following last year’s If Not Now Then When EP, Kaisha releases the silky “Ego.” The synth-heavy song comes from the Malaysia-born, UK-based artist growing weary of toxic men. “This track is about men who pretend to be good guys,” she says in a statement. “I often hear stories of situations where they’re incredibly nice to their friends but completely the opposite when it comes to …

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Empress Of and Jim-E Stack: Turn The Table From Save Me by Empress Of (aka Lorely Rodriguez), “Turn The Table” with longtime collaborator Jim-E Stack has received a visual treatment by Jerome AB, shot in an abandoned building in Grand Cayman. In the rundown but tropical setting, the Honduran American singer, songwriter, musician and producer performs and dances alone—save for some multiples of herself, and a …