Kelela "New Avatar" COLOR:STANDARD by their seventh decade in

by their seventh decade in the biz

it’s easy for artists - songwriters

who died tragically of COVID in 2020

regardless of preferred form

and meditative nature of album provides a much-needed escape from the contemporary hell-scape

Kelela "New Avatar" COLOR:STANDARD by their seventh decade inMy origin story as a songwriter and artist set the context for the catharsis I experienced while making new avatar. I wrote my very first songs in a punk house. The indie scene I was part of provided me with an outlet for genre defying experiments that illuminated intersections I was hearing in my head. We didnt spend tons of time on songs cuz the kids in that scene didnt care about nailing it. It was (lowkey) about messing up, giving 0 fucks and