Leon Bridges - Gold Diggers (Album)
Credit: Justin Hardiman
Grammy Award-winning R&B recording artist and songwriter Leon Bridges has released his third album ‘Gold Diggers’.
The 11 track body of work isn’t skip-able every track living in the soulful realms a beautiful journey to behold.
From the title track' ‘Born Again’ a jazzy soulful vibe with warm elements of brass and the dark horse ‘Magnolias’ which has a trap beat with classic R&B vocals, acoustic guitar and a luscious dash of sax. Ending on ‘Blue Meas’ which has strings and what sounds like hand drums or bongos a organic sound and feels more intimate, singular. As he sings, “How you getting lonely even though you surrounded by the ones you love, killing myself saying these words“. Especially during the time that we have had these past 18+ months these words feel very relatable. His vocals ring clear and true making you focus on the lyrics and the imagery that he is trying to portray to the listeners.
The album comes with stunning visuals for the singles ‘Motorbike’. Motorbike’ is about living in the moment and escaping with someone. It’s the personification of that unspoken chemistry you have with that person. A special thank you to my man Anderson .Paak for the stunning visuals”
‘Why Don’t You Touch Me’ which has a part one and two ‘Why Don’t You Touch Me’ music video directed by The Jackson Tisi, is a gently pleading, vulnerable love song from Leon to a lover who feels preoccupied and just slightly out of reach..
Gold-Diggers Sound is an R&B album birthed from extended late nights at the complex of the same name. The album celebrates Leon’s immersive experience of creating music in the same space in which he lived, worked, and drank over the course of two years. What began as nightly all-night jam sessions where Leon and his fellow musicians could just vibe and let loose away from crowds, cameras, and structured studio schedules, quickly began to form into what he realised was an album.
Gold-Diggers Sound was Executive Produced by Leon Bridges and Ricky Reed and Produced by Ricky Reed and Nate Mercereau with features from Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper and Ink. Leon considers the album to have psychedelic influences while staying true to the modern R&B sound he has been moving towards since his debut. Says Leon, “I spent two years jamming in what often felt like a musician’s paradise. We effortlessly moved from the dance floor to the studio. We would be finishing our tequilas at 10:00 AM and waking up with coffee and getting to work at 10:00 PM. It was all for the love of R&B and musicianship. This is my most sensual and confident album to date, and I cannot wait to unleash it.”
Gold-Diggers Sound is the third solo from Leon Bridges in a career trajectory that saw him going from working as a dishwasher and busking on the streets of his beloved Fort Worth, TX to being signed to a major label and performing at the White House for Former President Barack Obama within a two-year span.
Following the release of his Grammy Award winning sophomore album, Good Thing, Leon issued a steady stream of music including tracks with John Mayer, Kacey Musgraves, Kiana Ledé, Lucky Daye and Noah Cyrus as well as Texas Sun, a collaboration project with fellow Texans Khruangbin. Other career highlights include opening for Harry Styles on an arena tour, his breakout track “River” being certified Platinum, portraying Gil Scott Heron in Damien Chazelle’s First Man, appearing in a global GAP holiday campaign, garnering a CMT Award for his Crossroads collaboration with Luke Combs, performing at the Tom Ford NYFW show and MoMA’s Film Benefit honouring Tom Hanks, selling out Hollywood Bowl and back-to-back nights at Radio City Music Hall.
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