The Passionate Ones

metacritic

cipionjosue

ben

Can’t get behind this one like the debut

vctreynoso

I was wrong.

pitchfork

Marcus Brown’s remarkable new album beefs up his airy, omnivorous R&B, searching for a sound tough enough to sustain the daily grind and big enough to keep the dream alive.

pastemagazine

Paste Pick: On Marcus Brown’s second album, each movement is staggeringly inventive in its own right, even as it’s whizzing by you. His interrogations of art, relationships, and late-stage capitalism make it his most considered, elaborate expression yet.