June 07, 2019

Jai Paul finally releases his first album - he bent pop music to his off-kilter will

"It’s the sound of borders breaking, of traditions mingling, of a utopian closeness that so often seems so far away" Pitchfork says in review of Jai Paul's album 'Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones)'. It has leaked online six years ago ("looking back, it’s sad to think about what could have been, but it is what it is and I had to let go"), and last weekend he officially released it (through his website, which is awesome), along with two totally new songs. P-Fork gave it a 8,9 mark (of 10, of course, no "Best New Music" mark, probably because it's, well, not new).