SAULT - Air ALBUM REVIEW
The cover used is gorgeous alternate art for this album and might be cover of the year for me. I’ve reviewed SAULT before, and I’ve liked pretty much everything the group has released. Only one out of a couple of the known members, Inflo, has come out of the shadows since nearly every other member is anonymous. Their two UNTITLED albums, Black Is and Rise , are all great alongside their Nine album, which is currently only available on physical media like vinyl. Their signature neo-soul/R&B sound works very well, but on Air , we’re getting something entirely different. What is it? Let’s get into Air and unravel the mystery. Let’s just get the cat out of the bag: this is just a classical album. No way to sugarcoat it, this is a modern classical album. I’ve never heard SAULT go in this direction at all, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. One of 2021’s best albums, Little Simz’s Sometimes I Might Be Introvert , which has gorgeous classical-style production, was...