Elle King's raspy, blues-kissed vocals sound like what Adelle might in the wake of an all-night bender. The worn quality in her voice works to her credit, as the raw emotion haunting her more-than-capable pipes makes her infinitely more interesting. The banjo twang anxiously plucking through "Good To Be A Man" finds King coyly throwing daggers at the opposite sex for their lack of class and infidelity, "It's good to be a man these days / Don't have no conscious about my evil ways". Her hilarious strummy folk cover of Khia's dirty "My Neck, My Back" shows off her sense of humor, opening the live cover warning, "If you don't want to hear a filthy song, get the f*ck out, please". The EP's best moment comes on opening "Playing For Keeps", as she storms through a jangling piano and soul backing singers with a fiery edge, scolding an ex with a passionate vocal. In the span of just four tracks on her debut EP, you get the sense that the Brooklyn singer-songwriter is about to make a permanent dent in your iPod.
Seek - "Playing For Keeps", "Good To Be A Man", "My Neck, My Back"
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