Blood Orange – Negro Swan (2xLP)

Producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer and songwriter Devonte Hynes returns with his fourth album as Blood Orange.

Growing up in England, Hynes started out as a punk in the British band Test Icicles before releasing two orchestral, acoustic pop records as Lightspeed Champion. In 2011, he released Coastal Grooves, the first of three solo albums under the name Blood Orange.

His latest album, Freetown Sound, the deeply personal document of a life as a black man in America, was critically acclaimed in 2016 and saw Hynes emerge as one of the most significant musical voices of his time. Comparisons have been drawn to Kendrick Lamar and D'Angelo.