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Our favorite purveyor of sultry burning after dark vibes, London-based Swedish-Iranian nightingale Ayelle, is back with yet another feather in her cap in Parts. The moody confessional is equal parts emotionally pummeling and passionately, voluptuously enthralling. Ayelle’s smoky curling, serpentine coiling voice, ever so glamorously captivating, snakes its way through a foggy atmosphere of dark drum pads and nebulous swirling electronic production. It’s such a thick, humid soundscape that it almost feels like we’re being smothered, suffocated, but in a pleasurable, musky way, like when we fall intensely for another person and can’t untangle ourselves from them despite distant alarm bells or the apprehension that accompanies self-preservation. Ayelle turns in another stunning performance on Parts, exuding raw honesty and inimitable vocal magnificence. Parts comes with an intimate home video-styled accompaniment directed by Magdalena Wolk and Ayelle herself. And, as every Ayelle release has done in the past, Parts lingers in our ears, coursing through our bodies, racing through the chambers of our feverish hearts, long after the song and video end. Stream/download Parts, here.

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Marian Hill songs are always spicy snacks, but the Philadelphia duo really serve up a piquant prickling, fierce blazing new tingler in Take A Number, featuring Queens-based Morroco-American singer songwriter, model, and activist Dounia as a peppery gripping guest. Take A Number is a teasing debaucher of a Marian Hill jam, infused with the pair’s signature crisply unorthodox beats and dark seductive heat. It’s like a sinful rendezvous on Halloween night, mischievous and sexy, with the scalding touch of melted candle wax. This spectral ghoulishness translates visually in its ghostly music video. Take A Number is out on Marian Hill’s new label Platoon. Stream/download Take A Number, here.

In the days leading up to the release of Ayelle’s new song Psychopaths, she teased us with a clip from its video, in which a beautiful albino snake wraps malleably around her. It’s the spitting image of the Swedish-Iranian siren’s music, which we so often describe as sensuously winding, like a seductive serpent. But unlike a venomous viper, Ayelle’s R&B, nestled in beds of dusky alluring electronic production, is nourishing potion for our mended hearts and consoling elixir for our rejuvenated souls. So we looked forward to Psychopaths with much alacrity, and as always, we were not disappointed by the breathtaking ballad, on which the London-based chanteuse teamed up with New Zealand producer BAYNK. On it, Ayelle also addresses a train of thought that I’ve often pondered myself regarding psychopaths and their lack of empathy and emotion. Ayelle transfixes us with her smoky swirling voice in a slow burning soundscape expertly and hypnotically crafted by BAYNK. Though her songs are often darkly incised with torments of the heart, Psychopaths could be her darkest yet, which is a welcome bonus. The captivating video accompanying Psychopaths was co-directed by Magdalena Wolk and Ayelle herself. You can stream or download Psychopaths, here.