Freetown Sound is the third full-length album from Dev Hynes (Blood Orange). Written and produced by Hynes, Freetown Sound is a tour de force, a pastiche of Hynes’ past, present, and future that melds his influences with his own established musical voice. For well over a decade, Dev has proven himself a virtuoso of versatility, experimenting with almost every conceivable musical genre and working with a wide variety of artists as a writer and producer. On his solo work he has created a singular style of urgent, delicate pop music by carefully stitching a sound palette that gently recalls elastic funk, slinky R&B, and pure pop. Thematically, the album is profoundly personal and unapologetically political, touching on issues of race, religion, sex, and sexism over 17 shimmering songs
A1 | By Ourselves | 2:12 |
A2 | Augustine | 3:51 |
A3 | Chance | 2:48 |
A4 | Best To You | 3:45 |
A5 | With Him | 1:25 |
B1 | E.V.P. | 5:43 |
B2 | Love Ya | 2:47 |
B3 | But You | 3:01 |
B4 | Desirée | 3:00 |
C1 | Hands Up | 4:09 |
C2 | Hadron Collider | 3:43 |
C3 | Squash Squash | 3:37 |
C4 | Juicy 1-4 | 4:35 |
D1 | Better Than Me | 3:16 |
D2 | Thank You | 3:03 |
D3 | I Know | 4:34 |
D4 | Better Numb | 3:01 |