Mahalia
Each week The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can't stop playing. Here they are, in no particular order.
Odunsi f. Runtown, "star signs"
At the height of #CancerSzn, Odunsi drops the visual for “star signs.” Over bright synths and instrumentation, the alté star dreams about staying up with a woman who only wants to talk about horoscopes. —BC
Butch Dawson, “WORD ON THE BLOCK”
With a lazy, nasaly delivery, Baltimore’s Butch Dawson turns the phrase “word on the block” into a threat, repeating it like a game of telephone. —BC
Tzekin & Slodown, “Sunset Spot” (Sam Rui version)
Sam Rui jumps on Tzekin & Slodown’s “Sunset Spot,” a nostalgic-sounding track that feels like you’re revisiting an old romance. —AT
Nathan Bajar, “The Table”
Nathan Bajar’s “The Table” is a warm, and harmonious tribute to his father’s recent passing. “My father now lives in the sky / One last seat at the table,” he sings. —AT