What’s A Wave To A Tsunami?

Little Simz “Might Bang, Might Not”

I love the way Little Simz’ vocal performance in this song feels like she’s competing with the beat, like she’s trying to outpace it or outlast it. I imagine it like an elaborate tap dance routine, fast and precise in its movements. It would be enough to carry the song, but the most compelling thing about “Might Bang, Might Not” is the way that performance is contrasted with the bass part, which is fairly simple and seems to wind casually around the groove. The vocal and bass don’t compete for space and complement each other nicely but it still feels like they’re at odds somehow, as though that relatively relaxed but tonally dominant bass part is taunting the more overtly aggressive vocal.

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