"Something bout the look in your eye / Chilly like the weather outside... "
"Ketamine Tea" by Lord Baltimore works on your brain in many ways. The running melody is slippery and the deep big bottom synth and machine beat that (sometimes) feels like finger snaps has a cool smoky vibe. The sultriness that builds and slides smoothly like MJ dancing is incredibly alluring. The vocal melody and LB's vocal aesthetic, bumped up with an enticing self harmony is captivating. I mentioned MJ earlier who, on one hand, is far from this sound but (on the other hand) this production and the snaking dense coolness does in some alternate universe feel in some aspects like a sideways "Bad". Maybe it is just me but I can feel and hear some weird almost musically genetic connection (??). In any event, "Ketamine Tea" from Lord Baltimore's EP "Angel" is a delicious track and the video directed by Sebastian Avery feels artfully raw.
Of the track LB shares:
"This song is about phone sex, something that I’m sure we’ve all gotten quite accustomed to after our time in quarantine. I wrote it after a spontaneous night with a friend of mine. In the past I didn’t write many songs about my sexuality. Internalized religious doctrine has a way of making people late bloomers. I was saving myself till marriage until I was 18, and I didn’t learn how to properly flirt until I was 22. However, after writing this song, I can safely say that the next EP will be filthy."
Lord Baltimore's ability to render a sound and melodies that stick to your brain plus do so in an askew pop indie way on "Ketamine Tea" may make you feel high or horny. Either way it is a win win (but be safe out there).
-Robb Donker Curtius
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