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Cymande
Cymande (sah-man-day). The most important black British group of their generation, a band so many people have heard, but yet not “heard of.”
In the early 1970’s in South London, a group of black musicians, who all emigrated to the UK from the Caribbean as children, formed the group. Led by Patrick Patterson (guitars, vocals) and Steve Scipio (bass, vocals) Cymande was so unique and ahead of its time that, notwithstanding the success in the States in the early ‘70s, it hasn’t been until recent years that the general public has truly begun to catch on.
Their music lived on as new generations of artists discovered and reworked their pioneering sounds. Over and over again, several tracks from their albums were sampled by golden age hip-hop icons like De La Soul, The Fugees, MC Solaar, Masta Ace, EPMD, and Gang Starr just to name a few.
A headline European tour earlier in 2024 in Europe led to every single show selling out as well. The band will return to the road globally in 2025 to support their new album Renascence. Their success story continues to reach new heights and new audience’s decades into their career.
Bathe
On the surface, Bathe’s dreamy R&B is as inviting as the waves lapping the shoreline at a five-star tropical resort. But listen closer, and there are shadowy depths within.
Singer-songwriter Devin Hobdy and guitarist-producer Corey Smith-West formed Bathe eight years ago while attending the University of Pennsylvania. Since then, the Brooklyn-based duo has crafted music that soothes like a balm for modern anxieties—lush, melodic, and unflinchingly honest. Their 2021 debut album Bicoastal has drawn in over 30 million Spotify streams, thanks to its easy grooves and emotional weight.
Their latest album, Inside Voice(s)—released in full in March 2025 after an initial Side A drop in late 2024—doubles down on that contrast. Serene chords and smooth melodies meet themes of familial grief, millennial disillusionment, and the quiet ache of longing. With collaborators like Jake Aron (L’Rain), Joe Visciano (SZA, Kendrick Lamar), and Joe LaPorta (David Bowie, Beach House), Bathe joins a lineage of albums like What’s Going On and Channel Orange: lush and sorrowful, grounded in today’s instability.
“Most of the songs on this album deal in that dissonance of being split between where you are and where you want to be,” says Smith-West. Hobdy adds, “That longing might never go away—and that’s as OK as it can be.”
First single “Avalon” captures that tension perfectly, referencing both the sensible Toyota sedan and the mythical paradise. Over dreamy guitars and boom-bap drums, Hobdy sings about unemployment and escapism with a featherlight touch. Elsewhere, the duo memorializes loved ones lost—on the aching closer “Bbyboy,” the ethereal “Hosannas,” and the dub-inspired “Heaven.” Their family’s influence runs through the album, from voicemail samples to inherited jazz chops and reggae riffs.
The album’s two sides reflect the duo’s artistic duality: Side A is warmer and melodic, Side B more stripped-down and experimental. It’s a snapshot of where Bathe’s been—and all the directions they could go next.
For Bathe, the music is as much about escape as it is confrontation. Inside Voice(s) invites you to sink in and feel something real. Just don’t forget about the undertow.