Dev Hynes has released a video for Dark & Handsome, self-directed and the second from his Blood Orange mixtape/album Angel’s Pulse.
“This mixing of roles and identities, weaving strains of hip-hop, r&b, soul and gently decaying tones never allows for a centre, but rather than explain the best way to understand the effect is on Gold Teeth, part Memphis rap via Tinashe and Three 6 Mafia’s Project Pat and Gangsta Boo, but before that it time slides ambiently, like the words have been superimposed, or separate tracks are playing simultaneously in different rooms,” we said of Angel’s Pulse.
“Whether any of this is helping Dev Hynes achieve the resolution so obviously lacking at the time Negro Swan was released is less than clear. But sometimes just continuously stepping forward is enough therapy – and Angel’s Pulse is a form of healing in itself.”
The mixtape was followed up not long after by Fields, a collection of classical pieces from Hynes arranged and performed by Third Coast Percussion.
