![]() I tried to emulate the sound of the Manzarene with an omnichord and ended up with 'Demon to The Dark' which is basically an imagined conversation with Mr. Son Little says of the track: “Sometimes when things get hectic or I'm feeling low I listen to Washington Phillips, an old gospel/blues musician who played an autoharp-like instrument he made called a ‘Manzarene’. Have I always been a sinner or did the world pick me apart.” Gonna need you as a witness, though you may have a hardened heart. The song begins with the confessional proclamation, “I’m gonna beg for your forgiveness. ![]() The song is from Son Little’s forthcoming album New Magic which arrives 15 September on ANTI. ![]() GQ once described Son Little as “soul music for the hip-hop generation" and never has that description seemed more prescient than on the new track 'Demon To The Dark' a simultaneously beautiful and heartbreaking soul ballad. NPR’s All Songs Considered are premiering the powerful new track 'Demon To The Dark' from modern soul innovator Son Little today. ![]()
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