Shamir: Ratchet

Shamir

Ratchet

XL Recordings

It’s pretty easy to like this – and then all the more fascinating once you’ve heard it a few times. A 20 year old. A young kid, in a musical sense – but wise beyond his years, with a grab-bag of hooks he’s shaped/borrowed from a range of pop and dance music styles. Androgynous vocals – some people are calling it post-Gender – S…