Jessie Reyez - Before Love Came To Kill Us

The powerhouse singer’s voice is chameleonic and present in every guise. Her debut album Before Love Came To Kill Us is most satisfying not because she whizzes across multiple genres, but because of the skill she displays at each.

As the pop landscape becomes progressively bolder and more crowded, it becomes more difficult for any new artist to make an impact. The bandwidth is saturated. Billie Eilish is a hard act to follow; she has rewritten a lot of rules. “Attitude” is standard among R&B singers, and is just as often a pose. Shock value depreciates. But on her debut album, the breakup-fuelled Before Love Came to Kill Us, Toronto’s R&B star-in-waiting Jessie Reyez makes herself unforgettable pretty much from the word go.

Heavyweight double vinyl produced by Island Records. Gatefold sleeve.

TRACKLISTING:

1. DO YOU LOVE HER
2. DEAF (WHO ARE YOU)
3. INTRUDERS
4. COFFIN (FEAT. EMINEM)
5. ANKLES
6. IMPORTED (WITH 6LACK)
7. LA MEMORIA
8. SAME SIDE
9. ROOF
10. DOPE
11. KILL US
12. LOVE IN THE DARK
13. I DO 
14. FIGURES