For Days On End

Salami Rose Joe Louis “I Miss You So”

Everything about this is strange in the best way. The band name is totally confounding – like, are those the names of the members? Is one of them called “Salami”? Is Salami Rose Joe Louis actually one woman? Why would a woman call herself that, if she’s indeed a solo artist? Who can say!

“I Miss You So,” like the other tracks available in advance of the full record coming out in a couple weeks, is zonked-out low-key funk, and at times sounds like a record that’s been slightly warped by the sunlight. The singer shifts between breathy girlish whispers and restrained soul vocals, like some kind of severely stoned jazz singer child. The music reminds me a bit of the sort of stylish vaguely R&B-ish, trip-hop-ish stuff that was big in upscale bars and shops circa the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, but a lot more psychedelic and hazy. A lot of the time it sounds like an extremely drowsy funk/R&B band, and it totally works. This song sounds very romantic and intimate, like something being whispered in bed in the middle of the night.

Buy it from Bandcamp.