The tone for Out Of The Blue is immediately set with the EP opener ‘Give Me All The Feels (Intro)’. Soft distant echoed chords, double-time kick drum, and atmospheric keys all come together to create a sensual feeling of instrumental wonder and mystery. The lead single ‘The Start Of Love’ featuring Victor Daze follows, an ode to the joy of new romance. Alonzo Hall crafts an R&B anthem that is authentic, relatable, and real. The mid-tempo driving percussion juxtaposed against the lush ambient keys takes a back seat toward the final stretch of the track leaving Victor Daze’s rich vocals to reverberate in the background as the song climaxes. This contemporary R&B crescendo leads immediately into the powerfully jazzy title track ‘Out Of The Blue’. Elegant keys accompany Bambi Hade on this beautiful ballad. Graceful vocals join with a dazzling spoken word piece before the capstone ending of a nightclub-esque duet between piano and vocals. ‘Moments Like This (interlude)’ acts as another sensual segue, guiding the listener across the soundscape with altered background vocals chiming in and out in the distance, luscious keys, and sensuous synths oscillating at the climax. ‘Rather Be’ follows and plays as the blossoming of the love of ‘The Star Of Love’ a consummation of a romance matured. Alonzo Hall enlists Moja Star for the EP closer ‘Hypnotic Soul’ an ode to the infatuation of a person’s energy, when the feeling is so strong it can only be natural. ‘Out Of The Blue’ is an EP that captures in sound and lyric the emotion of love from every positive angle, it’s sudden nature, it’s strong hold, and it’s undeniable euphoria.
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