Serpentwithfeet's influences make him dangerously cool and impossibly contemporary. His debut was co-released on Tri Angle Records, home of Haxan Cloak, Forest Swords and Lotic, as well as a fitting match for his cutting-edge electronics. As a vocalist, his quavering vibrato is trained in opera and classical music, but it's in tune with the current moment's Nineties R&B reflection –
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Review: Serpentwithfeet’s Electronic-Gospel-R&B LP ‘Soil’ Is Impossibly Contemporary