I invite you to join me in exiting the mundane with the help of the award-winning, Harvard professor, and musical polymath,
Esperanza Spalding and the reissue of her seventh LP,
12 Little Spells. Frankly, she needs no introduction. All 12 of these little spells were released as standalone singles with accompanying music videos last October. It’s now being combined with a sister EP comprising of four original tracks that should have never should have been separated from its sibling. Together they complete Spalding’s vision of an album that explores the extensions and limitations, the experiential lenses, and overlapping political and real economies that are represented by the human body through an overlay of soul-penetrating jazz, R’nB, funk, and orchestral pop. Beginning with the theatrical meanderings of “12 Little Spells (thoracic spine),” through to the swinging bell-shaped groove of “Thang (hips),” to the funky floating sweeper of “You have to Dance (feet),” and wrapping up with impossibly wet sounding “Lest We Forget (blood),” this is a beautiful and exceptionally composed record. Allow yourself the luxury of becoming lost in the enchanting sweep of Spalding’s incantations.
Get a copy of 12 Little Spells on vinyl
here
