Pro-dubbed, 10 track, c40 cassette tape with full color artwork. Limited to 100 copies.
Electronic producer Natasha Kmeto has described her new album Inevitable not as a conceptual project, but as a reflection of herself. Within the past year, she's spoken frankly about her coming out experience, a development in her sexual identity that has found its way into her music. Her awareness developed in large part on the dance floor, manifesting in a colossal yet loving environment that also served as a space for personal catharsis. Inevitable brings this catharsis to her listeners.
Kmeto's vocals have always been a tool in the production of her past works, but they ring out with clear and present force on Inevitable. Her singing is forthright but also verging on breaking, as if she was struck by a sudden wave of vulnerability. From the record’s first seconds, she telegraphs how different the stakes are for her: On opener and title track "Inevitable" she pleads "When you coming back, baby? When you coming back?/ I will love you down, baby, when you’re coming back." The unadorned sound and raw sentiment send a powerful message: Take me for who I am.
Inevitable sounds sharper and smoother than Crisis, but it still feels raw, like the sort of music that is ripped in desperation out of the heart and guts—the truly messy parts—of its creator. There is an unfinished charm to her music; the components of the tracks sound like they don’t (or shouldn’t) mesh together. Kmeto’s voice shimmers on "Inevitable" while the slow, rumbling and minimalist instrumentation dies just short of a climactic peak. It seems incomplete, but Kmeto saves it with the vividness of her lyrics and the quiver of her voice.
Kmeto has been compared to Grimes and Maya Jane Coles, but those comparisons feel flimsy at best. Kmeto is better understood next to the criminally underrated Cooly G. Both make music lyrically fueled by desire, exploring the possibilities of unspoken meaning found in mood, in space and silence, and in carefully considered lyricism. The music builds as the stakes do as well.
A1 Inevitable
A2 That One Thing
A3 Come And Say
A4 Grind
A5 Peak
B1 I Thought You Had A Boyfriend
B2 Stubborn
B3 Closer Comes My Love
B4 On A String
B5 Your Girl
