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Album Review: Oscar Key Sung - Altruism

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"By continually providing a fresh interpretation of whatever R&B means these days, he remains one of our most important artists"

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Oscar Key Sung’s music can be uncomfortable.

It’s locked in tension and sometimes feels unpredictable, as if the Melbourne singer and producer’s whole body is suspended on a breath of air and could slip off at any moment. “I want to break free but I don’t know how,” he sings on Premonition. When the disorientating rhythmic patterns give way to something more recognisable, as on Skip and Brush, the results are all the more relieving. By continually providing a fresh interpretation of whatever R&B means these days, he remains one of our most important artists.