Following the success of last year’s Sometimes A Rose Will
Grow In Concrete, Sy Smith has just released Sometimes A Rose Will Get A Remix,
a brand new remix album made available for streaming and purchase on April 5,
2019.
So, who is this Sy Smith anyway? Smith is a Howard
University grad turned singer/songwriter/musician/actress. For years, the Los
Angeles-based D.C. native has used her lyrics and larynx to help everyone from
Whitney Houston to Sting to Phonte & Al Green sound just a little more fly.
Her newest set of imaginative and slickly re-fashioned songs is sure to gain
new listeners as well as please longtime fans of the woman known as the Queen
of Underground Soul.
This new project takes a second look at the entirely
self-written and self-produced Sometimes a Rose Will Grow in Concrete, an album
of jazzy, introspective musings about life, love, and society, from a Black
woman’s perspective. Where that album swayed sweetly in a couture gown, the new
Sometimes remix EP changes into a backless freakum dress to go dancing on table
tops.
To begin, Sometimes…A Remix opens with a vibey deep house
mix of “Sometimes A Rose Will Grow Into Concrete.” Now fully transformed into a
bassy, soul-clapping thumper, one can skate to it by night or hold yoga
positions to it by day. The short-and-sweet “Catastrophe” reaches full
potential as an extended house banger, familiar territory for those who sampled
Smith’s foray into electronic soul on 2012’s Fast and Curious.
Those looking for something sexy to grind to can skip
directly to the dancehall remix of “Perspective,” guaranteed to keep that good
arch in your back. The set also features a second remix that finds singer
B.Slade trading electric cool vocals with Sy over a party-starter track that
would make a perfect single this summer. Fans who have been with Sy since her
indie inception on adventurous projects like The Syberspace Social will
appreciate the trippy, new, color-shifted remix of “Now and Later.”
In the meantime, stream the lead single, “Camelot (MGA Dub
Remix)” which takes the song’s original fairy tale and reinterprets it with
reggae riddims, skanking guitars, and enough dubby horns to turn any Monday
into a walk on a Caribbean shore. (Sing along with the lyric video here:
https://youtu.be/EtVa8xQTnuM)
As a bonus, Sometimes a Rose Will Get a Remix also includes
a capella versions of each song. The soft strength of Smith’s naked voice
standing alone on “Camelot” and soaring octaves high on “Sometimes A Rose”
lends a vulnerability that invites the casual listener to lean in closer. Producers
and musicians, however, should take full advantage of this opportunity to add
their unique flavor to some remixes of their own.
Sy Smith’s upcoming solo performances:
April 12 - NYC at The Shed
April 26 - Indianapolis at The Jazz Kitchen
April 28 - Jackson, MS at Soul Wired Cafe
May 03 - Atlanta at First Friday’s At First (The Commons)
May 11 - Charlotte at Charlotte SHOUT! (Soul Stage)
Relevant Links:
Link to "Sometimes A Rose Will Get A Remix”:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sysmith/sometimes-a-rose-will-get-a-remix
Sy Smith on Facebook: http://facebook.com/sysmithmusic
Sy’s Tour Schedule:
https://bnds.us/rpj52v
Sy’s IG & Twitter: @syberspace
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