The Jack Moves send love through the wires with "Digital Whisper"

The Jack Moves' "Digital Whisper" is the final joint from their recent album, 'Love Machine.' The Jack Moves close out the LP with a high and heady note that grooves, reflects, and provokes. The third and final single from the album is a post-punk/indie-pop chiller wrapped in the duo's signature neo-R&B vocal gloss. It held you like a jeweler with a gemstone, gently, yet to show the beauty you could not see.

But the raison d'être of the track is its shiver-inducingly appropriate refrain, that call to unplug, wake up, and question the noise. In an era of fake news and post-facts, The Jack Moves are sounding groove-led, but it is as much introspective as it is easy-going without trying too hard. Promotional materials state that it "should act as a great little pick-me-up for anyone in need of something genuine." Fans of Nourished by Time, Men I Trust, and Strongboi might also appreciate the suave honesty of his latest single. We also have this very fleshed-out style that we can't deny to our retrigger face, and we know "Digital Whisper" is the same; it's not shouting for notice at all, it's about substance.

The "Digital Whisper" above is dripping with retro-futuristic cool, as falsetto vocals sail effortlessly over a bed of rich synths and bass lines that know precisely where their pocket lies. It's the heart of a weathered vinyl mixtape, still, but with the sharp definition and command of a band now. This is what would ooze out if Japanese Breakfast and Steve Lacy had a late-night jam in a smoke-filled lounge with lava lamps. The Jack Moves aren't just coasting, they're pulling the fucking ship. 'Love Machine' was the journey, and so "Digital Whisper" is when you realize your plane has finally landed.

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