Freetown Sound is the third full-length album from Dev Hynes (Blood Orange). Written and produced by Hynes, Freetown Sound is a tour de force, a pastiche of Hynes’ past, present, and future that melds his influences with his own established musical voice. For well over a decade, Dev has proven himself a virtuoso of versatility, experimenting with almost every conceivable musical genre and working with a wide variety of artists as a writer and producer. On his solo work he has created a singular style of urgent, delicate pop music by carefully stitching a sound palette that gently recalls elastic funk, slinky R&B, and pure pop. Thematically, the album is profoundly personal and unapologetically political, touching on issues of race, religion, sex, and sexism over 17 shimmering songs.

Tracklist

A1 By Ourselves 2:12
A2 Augustine 3:51
A3 Chance 2:48
A4 Best To You 3:45
A5 With Him 1:25
B1 E.V.P. 5:43
B2 Love Ya 2:47
B3 But You 3:01
B4 Desirée 3:00
C1 Hands Up 4:09
C2 Hadron Collider 3:43
C3 Squash Squash 3:37
C4 Juicy 1-4 4:35
D1 Better Than Me 3:16
D2 Thank You 3:03
D3 I Know 4:34
D4 Better Numb 3:01