Paul Babe

The assumed sonic divination involved in the making of Brooklyn alt-pop artist Paul Babe’s music begins with cracking open a Magic 8-ball and drinking the juice. The artistic catch-all of Twin Cities-bred multi-instrumentalist Seth Evans, the project elegantly fuses the organic and the computerized across cinematic arrangements of classically memorable songs. Evans’ nimble voice leans soulful and carves a path through the deceptively dense, psychedelic R&B forest found growing out of the tunes. Homemade and gritty, the bedroom producer vibes wallpapered throughout are painted over with a clean sheen of refreshing ambience, sealing the elements, both raw and polished. Paul Babe is experimental but rarely out of the groove, and when torn down to the studs, reveals that Evans is really a singer/songwriter at heart. Lyrics sometimes lighthearted, sometimes poignant, but primarily poetic, canopy the tracks and level up further the luring of the listener. In Webspeak, Paul Babe might be labeled #sexychill, which wouldn’t be wrong but doesn’t paint the band’s entire picture. The music is genuine, rich in spirit, and true to self which, in so many words, is better to say that it’s so rock & roll (#rocknroll).