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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago
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It's scary how many St George's flags there were': Blood Orange on coming home to Essex and mourning his mother

Devonte Hynes returned to his childhood home after his mother's illness and death, creating Essex Honey, an ambient, grief-grounded record evoking East Essex memories.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago
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On 'Essex Honey,' Blood Orange toils with the question 'Why should it exist?'

Devonte Hynes (Blood Orange) created 'Essex Honey' inspired by formative Ilford/Essex memories, composing abroad while mentally reconstructing home.
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fromAnOther
1 month ago

Dev Hynes is Always Thinking About the Past

June is dying and it's hot in New York City: Greenwich Village sounds like coughing saxophones and bleating car horns, laughter drifting off fire escapes, basketballs kissing pavement, a window yawning wide and a mother calling down to her son on his bicycle. Which is to say, it sounds a bit like a Blood Orange song - balmy, layered with voices, thick with the poetry of urban life.
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fromPitchfork
1 month ago

Blood Orange: Essex Honey

Essex Honey finds Dev Hynes as Blood Orange confronting grief and memory of his mother's death through inventive, textured R&B rooted in Essex.
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fromPitchfork
3 months ago
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Blood Orange Enlists Lorde, Caroline Polachek, Turnstile's Brendan Yates, and More for New Album Essex Honey

fromPitchfork
3 months ago
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Blood Orange Enlists Lorde, Caroline Polachek, Turnstile's Brendan Yates, and More for New Album Essex Honey

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