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straight up romance -- Tirzah

Tirzah's debut album Devotion is out today and we think it's incredible, so we asked her to run things here on the site for the day. She starts us off with a stone cold classic from one of the records biggest inspirations:

Tirzah's glowing debut LP Devotion is finally here. As I've already mentioned, the record feels like such a sincere, elegantly romantic, and distinctly modern (thanks to Mica Levi's haunting minimalist production) take on everything I loved about '90s R&B love songs -- think Aaliyah, D'Angelo, SWV -- and it's right up there with Freedom as one of my favorite records of 2018...

London's Tirzah follows up last weekend's "Affection" video with the haunting title track from her Mica Levi-produced new album Devotion, out next month. Video directed by @crackstevens:

Tirzah shares another beautiful, tender gem from her album of the year contender / new collection of "straight up love songs", Devotion, out August 10th on Domino:

As we've mentioned, we are deeply in love with Tirzah's beautiful and incredibly soulful new LP Devotion, coming this summer on Domino. The Mica Levi-produced record feels like a romantic, ultra-modern take on some of our favorite '90s R&B love songs and slow jams, and as we patiently wait until we're able to share something new from the album, this hypnotic new club track that Tirzah (Taz) &a

Such a sweet, beautiful jam from London artist Tirzah's debut LP Devotion, out this summer on Domino. This one's an automatic addition to our songs of the year playlist, and this is the second album called Devotion in as many days that we're suddenly very psyched about...

i just discovered tirzah this year, i really like everything she has released but this track is particularly weird, raw and delightful. i believe this was also produced by the tremendous mica levi. i love how dry the mix is - it's really brave and works so well. -- Katie Gately