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After impressing with last year's 'Brazil' EP, London-based R&B duo S4U are back with a brand new single, 'Isle Of Dogs'. Their first release for Bank Holiday Records, the track is released on 14th April and sees the group explore the nostalgic facets of their R&B sensibilities while delving deeper into the more menacing, textured elements of the genre's production.
Set to shards of cascading sound design, the track's vocal themes inhabit the darkest reaches of lovelorn yearning, with the duo's Rosita Bonita transforming her tone from a biting vengefulness on "I see how you feel about me, deleted you so I don't see" to vulnerable desperation on "the things I would do if you would only love me". 'Isle Of Dogs's production takes the group's signature sound into new territories too, reflecting Rosita's lyrical subject matter with a full-bodied sonic landscape that constantly throws new textures into the mix, without ever washing out a devastating 808-laden beat tying the whole track together.
With 'Isle Of Dogs', S4U have acknowledged the model of scorned R&B songstresses before them such as TLC and All Saints, reworked it into a more contemporary style, and pushed it further into the future with shades of avant-garde electronic experimentalism. The group's new single deals with the breakdown of a relationship in a way that's intense, current and places S4U as one of the most forward thinking and exciting acts within their genre.
"The best new pop group of 2016" - Noisey
"S4U are the new London collective resurrecting the best of 90s R&B" - i-D
"Ghostly, phantom-like R&B structures blessed with a divine pop touch." - Clash
"S4U are one of the most exciting new groups around." - The 405
"London's most exciting new R&B artist" - Metro
S4U
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23 Nov, 2018
S4U: New Video For 'Beauty Pt.2'
S4U premiere their video for 'Beauty Pt.2' in Dummy magazine.
www.dummymag.com/new-music/premiere-s4u-beauty-pt.-2
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16 Aug, 2018
S4U: Mixtape Featured In Clash Magazine
S4U's 'Heart2Say' mixtape is featured in Clash magazine.
www.clashmusic.com/features/track-by-track-s4us-heart2say-mixtape
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17 Jul, 2018
S4U: New 'Heart 2 Say' Mixtape
S4U's new 'Heart 2 Say' mixtape is featured in Pitchfork.
www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/s4u-heart-2-say
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10 Jul, 2018
S4U: New Single, Video & Mixtape
S4U share the video for their new single 'Heart', taken from the new mixtape 'Heart 2 Say', which was released on 6th July on Different Recordings.
Previewed in Clash magazine.www.clashmusic.com/videos/s4us-heart-is-a-multi-narrative-avant-rb-jammer
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25 May, 2018
S4U: New Single 'Heart'
S4U's new single 'Heart' is featured in Complex magazine.
www.complex.com/music/2018/05/premiere-s4u-heart
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17 May, 2018
The Great Escape: Thursday 17th May
The Great Escape festival will take place at multiple venues across Brighton, from Thursday 17th to Saturday 19th May, and a great many Primary Talent International artists will be taking part.
Thursday 17th May
...Girlhood
...Jack River
...Malena Zavala
...Ginger Snaps
...S4U
...Nia Wyn
...Denzel Himself
...George Taylor
...Sorry
...Pale Waves
...Rocks Foe
...FREAK
...George Glew
...Benny Mails
...Husky Loops
...TOUTS
...Amaroun
...EERA
...Joy Crookes
...Bad Gyal
...The Night Cafe
...Now, Now
...Gaffa Tape Sandy
...King Nun
...ABQ
...Puma Blue
...Makola
...Yellow DaysFor further information, consult The Great Escape website.
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20 Apr, 2018
S4U: New Video For 'Refrain'
S4U share their new video for 'Refrain' in The Fader. The track was co-produced by JD. Reid.
www.thefader.com/2018/04/11/s4u-refrain-video
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12 Apr, 2018
S4U: New Track 'Refrain' With JD. Reid
The Fader have premiered the video for 'Refrain' a new track from S4U co-produced by JD. Reid.
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20 Jan, 2018
The Great Escape 2018
Brighton's The Great Escape festival, will take place at various venues around the city between the 17th-19th May. Many Primary Talent artists will be participating, as follows:
...Ama Lou
...Awate
...Bad Gyal
...Benny Mails
...Denzel Himself
...Ebenezer
...FREAK
...Girlhood
...Joy Crookes
...King Nun
...MoStack
...Mist
...Pale Waves
...Promiseland
...S4U
...Sports Team
...Ten Tonneswww.greatescapefestival.com/line-up
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05 Jan, 2018
S4U: Featured In Notion Magazine
S4U were featured in Notion magazine.
www.notionmagazine.com/next-up-s4u-are-redefining-hip-hop-one-warped-track-at-a-time