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Desire “Black Latex”

The best thing I can say about “Black Latex” is that it’s a song that fully delivers on the promise of naming a song “Black Latex.” Johnny Jewel’s arrangement is a strict machine built around a single menacing synth chord and electronic syncopation that gets off on witholding the funk but gives you just enough to groove. Desire’s spoken word vocal walks a similar tightrope – obviously sexy but not crassly sexual, flirtatious but not cute, romantic but not precious, intellectual but not nerdy. It’s more a scene than a song, a vision of an alternate reality created by two people with an intense bond and shared taste.

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