The artist formerly best known for her spirited dancing in Kaytranada's infamous Boiler Room set (and their subsequent team-up on 99.9%'s "Leave Me Alone"), Shay Lia has delivered something even more special in her sophomore project FACETS.
Teaming up again with Kaytra on recent single "ON THE LOW," as well as GuiltyBeatz, Majid Jordan, Buddy and others on other tracks, the 10-song album finds Lia pulling from facets of her personal life — "lives I've lived in different cities, countries, times and spaces," as she puts it — and melding Afrobeats, disco, R&B and strains of electronic music to produce velvety-smooth, genre-bending grooves.
"ROMEO & JULIESHA" should most definitely be on your weekend party playlist, while "TAKUTÁ" is pure workout motivation. Spin "THE WAY" for slow jams, "PRETTY" for making it rain, or, honestly, just rip this sensual 30-minute record all day and flourish in the opulence.
(AWAL Recordings )Teaming up again with Kaytra on recent single "ON THE LOW," as well as GuiltyBeatz, Majid Jordan, Buddy and others on other tracks, the 10-song album finds Lia pulling from facets of her personal life — "lives I've lived in different cities, countries, times and spaces," as she puts it — and melding Afrobeats, disco, R&B and strains of electronic music to produce velvety-smooth, genre-bending grooves.
"ROMEO & JULIESHA" should most definitely be on your weekend party playlist, while "TAKUTÁ" is pure workout motivation. Spin "THE WAY" for slow jams, "PRETTY" for making it rain, or, honestly, just rip this sensual 30-minute record all day and flourish in the opulence.
