Yves Jarvis Makes the Moment Precious on "Gold Filigree"

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Yves Jarvis boldly follows a song wherever it leads him. Starting in the vein of the ultra-modern yet timeless soul of Dijon's seductive anthems like "The Dress" and getting into Mk.gee territory with willowy overdubs and a searing guitar solo, the peaks and valleys of "Gold Filigree" — which is at one point delightfully rhymed with "tomfoolery" — are woven into something as wiry and intricate as its namesake. 

But it never feels complicated; it's just Jarvis finding his way to hone something cosmically predestined by his particular collision of influences in this particular moment. It's worth getting lost in.

(Next Door Records)