Tay Salem's "Threads" is an embarrassment of dark R&B riches

20 September 2016, 13:30 | Written by Paul Bridgewater

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"Jealousy is all the fun you think they had," says Tay Salem. "It’s an epidemic, but you can’t sleep on it. 'Threads' is an open mediation on these emotions.”

The London-via-Beirut vocalist, producer and multi-instrumentalist Salem dropped his debut track "Iron" back in July via new quality indie label Alter the Motion and "Threads" mines a similar place, where dark R&B scratches the surfaces of a moody emo pop - but only just.

Salem's debut EP, titled Night Mill, is due out in October and promises to continues "a thematic current.... delving into his view of neoliberalism and a sense of loneliness and social dissonance in the face of a world that doesn't switch off." Blimey!

The Night Mill EP is out on 7 October via Alter the Motion with an EP launch show at Bermondsey Social Club in London on 5 October.