R'n'B is not my cup of tea, but this list has the merit to make me listen to things that I can actually appreciate. As noticed by others, it was released by Warp, which is both surprising for an R'n'B record, and a sign of quality. And it shows, the background music is good electronic music, a bit experimental, a bit ambient. The voice is nice too, not too much as it might be in the genre. Overall a good surprise.
I initially wasn’t sure quite what to make of this album, but then I noticed that it’s a release on the Warp label which is always reassuring to me. It’s R&B at heart, but married with some gorgeous, understated electronica and immaculately produced. It’s a debut album and she lists her influences as R&B, Jazz and Björk which sort of makes sense if you think about the more laid back and ambient areas of those genres. I’m definitely intrigued by this album enough to listen to this again and investigate more of her work.