There Comes A Time In Every Man’s Life

Curtis Harding “Need Your Love”

What’s more familiar and nostalgic: The sort of ‘70s soul music Curtis Harding writes and performs, or the crisp, airtight sound of Danger Mouse’s production aesthetic? The latter makes the former sound slightly more modern, but leaves the music in a strange uncanny valley of pastiche – flagrantly retro yet subtly yanked out of time. Danger Mouse’s mix foregrounds the beat and bass so it nearly sounds programmed, but Harding’s warm, throaty vocals keep the song grounded in a messy humanity. He sounds like the real deal, even when he seems to be self-consciously emulating his heroes.

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