If i could turn back the hands of time, I would for sure have E-PRIME‘s Dry Throats & Sunburns out now via @scenic____route and @ssurroundssoundss high on our EOTY 2024 Alt R&B and Trip Hop list. This record staring takes me back to 1989 when the Bristol sound was just being born. As I listen to this outstanding record, I can’t help but think about when I heard Diana Brown and Barrie K Sharpe’s “Blind Faith” for the first time. E-PRIME’s music looks to Dance music’s past while pushing us towards a brand new future. Both of the vocalists kill it. Every tune on Dry Throats & Sunburns is a big one that shines with beautiful melodic bliss! The first two songs, “Ride With You” and “Somebody Else,” set the tone for this amazing collection of songs that you will experience while immersing yourself in Dry Throats & Sunburns from beginning to end. Their music is empowering, sublime dance music that makes you feel good to be on this fucked up planet of ours. Their cover of Big Country is fucking beyond awesome!!!
E-PRIME has created a record that will set your spirit free to be everything you want to be. I want to say thank you for manifesting a sonic affair that makes my heart smile even when I want to be sad. In 1989 I would have blasted E-PRIME alongside Lisa Stanfield’s “This Is the Right Time,” Family Stands’ “Ghetto Heaven,” or FRESH 4 & LIZZ E “Wishing On A Star,” I want everyone involved in making Dry Throats & Sunburns to know y’all have created a brand new classic that I didn’t know I needed until I heard it! Good job E-PRIME, damn, y’all killed it!

