Cory Graves
Check Out The Futurist R&B Of Pearl Earl and Helium Queens Member Chelsey Danielle’s Debut Solo EP.
Welcome to Song of the Day, where we hip you to all the new local releases you should be caring about. By highlighting one new North Texas-sprung tune every week day, our hope is that you’ll find something new to love about the rich and abundant DFW music scene five days a week.
Chelsey Danielle – “Be Yourself.”
RIYL: The future, Conan?
What else you should know: Realize it or not, this is Denton synth player Chelsey Danielle’s third appearance in this column in the past four months. Prior to today, she also had a video premiere with her popular punk outfit Pearl Earl, and a a second one premiere her experimental space trio Helium Queens.
This time, she gets the spotlight all to herself with the release of her first-ever solo EP this past week. She’s the second Pearl Earl member to do so in recent weeks, as the band’s drummer, Bailey K Chapman also released a real solid post-punk effort with her new duo Heavy Pulp.
Danielle’s full EP — which you can stream here — kicks off with the track below, setting the tone for the idiosyncratic batch of R&B to follow. It opens with a synth bass groove that lays groundwork for her soulful voice and off-kilter keys and vocal harmonies.
It maintains the dreamy touch fans of her many other projects will readily recognize, distilled this time through a non-conformist, futuristic brand of R&B they may or not be ready for.