There’s a lot going on within the three minutes, thirty-three used to construct Josh Jacobson’s Fence; arguably that bit too much, in truth: graduating from beginnings reminiscent of Frank Ocean, through Sam Smith-esque falsetto tones, on into future-soul-ful flourishes, and finishing with a floor-filling EDM finale, there are hints of a certain neurodevelopmental disorder at play. Nonetheless, there is ample proficiency of both ambidextral and compositional varieties on show here, and the outcome is – if a little aurally overwhelming at times – supremely palatable all the same. Thus although Jacobson confesses to feeling like he’s “drowning in your confidence,” this is, seemingly, in no short supply whatsoever, rendering this one an exciting sign of times still to come, essentially…
First Transmission: Josh Jacobson, Fence.
