By Ben Boddez
Master storytellers of the past and present unite on a musically adventurous set of tracks.
Diamond Cafe Is Feeling the Groove on "When You Can’t Resist”
The rising funk-pop phenom’s first release on Warner Music Canada is a polished tale of post-breakup soul searching.
by Ben Boddez
Photo by Brian Van Wyk
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He’s already been noticed by fellow connoisseurs of everything rhythmic and groovy as diverse as Anderson .Paak, dance duo PNAU and soul titan El DeBarge, but the Victoria-born Diamond Cafe is poised to take an even bigger step up in 2024.
Signing with Warner Music Canada and dropping his first single of the year, the funk-pop artist’s “When You Can’t Resist” continues to demonstrate why he’s popping up on so many lists of artists to watch.
The track itself was inspired by a low point in Diamond Cafe’s life, with lyrics finding him taking his vices a little too far to cope with a breakup, but you’d never know it from its sound. Produced by Pomo, who has applied many a syncopated guitar riff to tracks from artists like Mac Miller, Chloe x Halle and Kaytranada, Diamond Cafe applies a powerful falsetto to the track’s delightfully hazy vintage sound.
The shimmering synths and interlocking pieces of the instrumental would be able to keep a dance floor filled anytime from the 1970s to today, locking listeners into a polished groove and keeping interest for its nearly five-minute runtime. With a tour and more music on the way later this year, we expect that Diamond Cafe and we’re ready to watch him shine.
By Brad Simm
“We are not a rock band. We are a political protest, a feminist movement.”
By Ben Boddez
The Montreal-based songwriter’s latest video previews her “weird” EP and finds her dancing through the tough times.
