Easily my favorite track of the (rather impressive) new Bobby Womack album, “Jubilee” mixes an old-school spiritual vocal format with an especially inorganic backing – Part of me thought, at first, that this was definitely one of the Damon Albarn-produced tracks, because of the clear “cheap drum machine” aesthetic in the backing, but as we get the synth cymbals at the end, I’m not so sure – to create something that feels timeless and universal, bringing generations together with some kind of hymn to self-belief and humanity. Even if the structure of this was not so compelling, though, Womack’s voice would still stop me in my tracks. The man sounds incredible; this song does, too.
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