Franki Love is an award-winning singer-songwriter, and classically trained pianist living in Los Angeles, and NYC. Her songs revolve around her piano-based pop melodies, and tug at your heart strings with moving vocal performances and exciting arrangements. Franki's latest album sports multiple producers, including Grammy Award winning David Kershenbaum, Jeremy Dawson, who worked with Shiny Toy Guns, along with a few songs produced by Franki Love herself. Throughout the album we are introduced to different sides of Franki Love. After losing her mother, and her mentor soon after, this album has a soul searching quality to it. Reflective, emotional at times, all outlined with a silver lining of hope, and having faith in the healing process. Our favorite tracks on "Otias" are the humbled and thankful, "Shoes", singing "Until you walk in someone's shoes, You don't know what they're going through"; to the soulful pop track "First Degree" with it's catchy chorus, and pop production; along with the last track on the record "Lullaby", stripped down to just piano and Franki's vocals, we get chills listening to her voice, "Hold me like water, touch me like rain, tell them to wait a minute, nothing's more important than this... are my lips the last that you'll kiss? ". From local coffee shops in Los Angeles, to performing internationally at "Cannes Film Festival" in France, Franki Love is definitely someone to keep on your radar! Her album "Otias" is available to stream & purchase on Bandcamp, and Itunes. You can also download 3 free songs from her website when you sign up for her email list.
Kenny Fame is an award winning R&B singer-songwriter, poet, dancer, and model based out of New York City. He got his start working at the Apollo theater in Harlem NY. Some of his musical influences include 70's soul legends Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, along with pop / soul artists like Erykah Badyu, Janet Jackson, Lauren Hill, and Sam Cooke. With the last name "Fame" it's easy to see how Kenny has been working towards just that, making a name for himself in the NYC music circuit. His latest single, "Another Man's Woman (I Don't Wanna Lose This)", was produced by Jack Mullin, and co-produced by Kenny, and features a full band production, and radio ready listening quality.
"There are things I need to see, but I just don't know where to start" Kenny sings longingly, unsure of how to express his love for another man's woman. Sometimes cupid's arrow strikes more than one person, and it sure can be tricky finding a middle ground. "I know there's someone else, and I know you're gonna break my heart", like with most things, sticking your hand in the fire is a sure fire way to get burned. To be aware of the eventual let down, but push forward is incredible honest and vulnerable lyricism, supported by clear emotive vocals. Guitar, bass, and drums are laid back, breathing and flowing with the lyrics, building and stripping down dynamically with the emotion of the song. "I'm so lost in confusion about another man's woman, that I'll end up losing at your other man's choosing, i'm the one you're just using, but I don't wanna lose this". A bittersweet ending to a well produced song, chocked full of hooks, and expressive lyrics.
Make sure to follow Kenny Fame on his social media pages, and check out "Another Man's Woman (I Don't Wanna Lose This)" on Soundcloud, and YouTube!
Joey Danger is a New York City based recording artist, film director, and music producer. He is also a talented graphic artist, and photographer working and collaborating with international models, magazines, and photographing events like New York Fashion Week. He has released 3 EP's over the last 6 years; first in 2006 "Fighting for Dynamics", then another in 2010 "Alive", and most his most recent release "Lust & Vulgarity" this October. He also can be heard as part of trap/electro-rock duo God Complx with vocalist Marissa Rodriguez.
Lust & Vulgarity is a true work of art. Combining dark flowy undertones, melodic layered synthesizers, cinematic builds, and crisp, deep snare hits and 808 beats, Joey Danger is a force to be reckoned with in the ever-evolving trap scene. A genre defined for having ominous lyrical content, machine gun like drum beats, and unique vocal stylings altered or pitched down segments to add to the grittiness; Joey Danger puts a new spin on it with his melodic hooks, and songs about lust, and addiction.
TRACK BY TRACK
Stars – The title track of Lust & Vulgarity will pull you in, and make your mouth water. “I came from the bottom so I got no shame” a song
about lust and seduction, exemplified by the music video featuring seductive dancing, spaceships, and incredible graphics. The hook “Take me to the stars” will be stuck in your head with Danger's smooth
melodic vocals,
Faded – “she’s getting high and feeling low” Danger sings of chasing girls
who are broken inside, while also admitting his own brokenness“I’m living a
life we’re burning in hell for” the addiction, drugs, shots, reckless, and out
of control is the lifestyle of Joey Danger and friends. Slipping away, I’m faded,
“the days are long and the nights are cold, you can either sell your body or
your soul” A song true to the trap genre, feeling overwhelmed and forced to live a lifestyle you can't escape.
Surrender – Electric guitars and deep eerie synthesizers, ride the wave of the 808. “I surrender” the hook, like
surrendering to drug addiction and getting one last high. Danger describes a beautiful woman as a temptress, being sexual, pouring Cognac, and as someone who pretends to understand what he is going through. The last chorus comes in strong like a cannonball shot into the dark sky, reaffirming his anguish and frustration surrendering to the night.
Girls – “I know this isn’t love, but the closest that I get,
is staring at her shadow, picturing you’re silhouette” They say the two things that good songwriters can be motivated by are new love, and love lost. This song pokes a finger at the life of a single man with his heart broken.“all these girls are just girls” . He isn’t looking for love anymore, he’s just
trying to heal with sex, but he knows he can only be distracted so long. The struggle is very real.
Lust & Vulgarity – title track – “Do you want love, or
do you want lust?” A line that perfectly sums up the lyrical direction of this EP. A beautiful, reflective look inside the mind of Joey Danger. When you've been hurt you know better than to hurt others. When two people are looking for two different things, it can be best to just walk away. This album is a toast to past love, and a slow surrender to a life of lust and addiction.
