HALIMA - Sweet Tooth - LP - 'Candy Red' Colour Vinyl [SEP 19]
Label: Drink Sum Wtr
Barcode: 0617308101607
Catalogue ID: DSW020LPC1
Format: Vinyl
LP - Limited Edition Transparent 'Candy Red' Colour Vinyl.
Halima’s debut album SWEET TOOTH is a bold declaration of power from an undeniable talent. Seductive, restless, and deeply assured, the record unspools like a night in motion. In the afterglow of her 2024 EP on drink sum wtr, praised by Clash Magazine, The Fader, BBC Radio, and others, the Brooklyn-based, UK/Nigerian musician solidifies her sound and expands it tenfold. If EXU was a spark, SWEET TOOTH is the full burn. Not so much genre-less as "genre-full"; the album spans a bright, lush world where club bangers meet deep ballads in a striking, fully-formed hybrid of honeyed Afro-pop and scorched R&B.
Across its eleven tracks, Halima maps the push-pull of desire, transformation, and emotional reckoning. "Sweetness on my terms,” she offers a mantra for reclaiming softness without surrendering strength. “The album is about the journey to reclaim one's self amidst the chaos of life and ultimately acts as a love letter to the pleasures and pain of these human pursuits."
While SWEET TOOTH declares Halima's artistic arrival, she calls it an epilogue, a reflection on past behaviors and lessons learned. "Am I the person that I wanted to grow into becoming? I think so. I've given myself permission to be free of those things. To be bold. To take up space.”
Tracklist:
Side A
01. omoge
02. eleven eleven
03. eau de vie
04. oops
05. sweet tooth
06. wasting my body
Side B
07. cocoa body
08. feel about it
09. laundromat
10. november like u
11. callum