As a triple threat singer, music producer, and songwriter, it was only a matter of time until Brando dropped a record like this.
Perhaps best known for his transcendent work on Loud Luxury's global hit "Body," Brando has been busy embarking on a solo career—and rising to the occasion as one of dance music's most promising aesthetes.
The California-born artist has now unveiled Slip N Slide, an anthemic new EP that moonlights as the breakout of a formidable artist operating at the intersection of dance and pop music. The six-track EP is a song-cycle of pop-inspired deep house tunes, which explore the melancholia of modern relationships when the mystery is gone.
Led by today's release of its bubbly titular track, Slip N Slide is aching, visceral, and brimming with relatable songwriting. Considering the remaining five of the EP's songs were released prior, "Slip N Slide" is essentially the cherry on top. And it's one of the record's undeniable highlights thanks to its sun-kissed sound design, making for an anthem fit for the poolside or the radio.
"All Night" is another standout. Here, Brando is vulnerable in his songwriting but slinky in his delivery, crooning over an earworm of a beat. The same goes for "Party's Over," a sultry cut where Brando's seductive vocals are pitched and distorted to hypnotic effect. The latter track's brooding sound design mirrors its lyricism, which leaves no stone unturned in its biting critique of mind games.