YOUR BOY TONY BRAXTON JOINS TOKYO POLICE CLUB FOR A STRING OF DATES AT TORONTO’S MOD CLUB DEC 8, 9, AND 10
WATCH AND SHARE THE VIDEO FOR “KICK” HERE
ADULT CONTEMPT, THE RETRO SOFT-ROCK ALBUM FROM RAPPER SHAD (RELEASED UNDER THE MONIKER YOUR BOY TONY BRAXTON), IS OUT NOW VIA ARTS & CRAFTS
GET ADULT CONTEMPT HERE
“This album is awesome and you should make sure to hear it" - Stereogum
“...it's an uncool formula for the current musical climate. It's also as endearing and earnest as anything else Shad had put out over the years.” - Exclaim!
“All of a sudden, Shad does '80s New Romanticism. And it's really great. Who knew this guy could sing so sweetly? Should I even be surprised?” - Chart Attack
PHOTO: JUSTIN BROADBENT
This summer, rapper, media personality, and now soft rock singer, Shad released a surprise album under the name Your Boy Tony Braxton. Today, he’s sharing the video for the If-era Janet Jackson-inspired “Kick”.
The video, directed by Sammy Rawal, was inspired by “the iconic videos of Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam in the 80s” and features a dance circle at a house party. “The idea was to capture that aesthetic and pacing but infuse it with more contemporary elements.” Rawal continues, “the finished video reads as a mashup between old and new.”
"[Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam’s] “I Wonder If I Take You Home" video was the main inspiration. Also Janet videos,” says Shad. “I like how the retro-vibe and playfulness of the song/video play alongside lyrics about desiring to mature.”
WATCH AND SHARE THE VIDEO FOR “KICK” HERE
Your Boy’s also taking this show to the stage for string of dates in Toronto on Dec 8, 9, and 10 with Tokyo Police Club. Tickets for the show are available via Ticketfly.
Out now via Arts & Crafts, Adult Contempt is “a lovely collection of songs that reminds me of Frank Ocean’s Nostalgia. Ultra transposed from a modern R&B context into bright, richly arranged throwback pop in the vein of Scritti Politti and Prefab Sprout,” writes Stereogum. Shad himself described it as “a soft rock album, inspired by late 80s / early 90s pop/rock. The lyrical themes are mainly masculinity, love, and maturation.”
Recorded in the spring of 2014 with frequent collaborator Matthew Johnston, in his guest bedroom, Shad claims the musical inspiration for Adult Contempt comes “from the first things I ever heard on the radio. Vague memories of Michael Penn, Terence Trent D’arby, The Cure, Bryan Adams, Janet Jackson, and others that evoke a smile and a nostalgic sense in me. Lyrically, I have some fun here and there but a lot of the lyrics are just honest, simply-put musings – grappling with insecurity, love, and trying to become a better person.”
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