Wrist Game Worldwide tapped Aaron Roebuck, music aficionado, to extend his expertise and assess the impact of the musical art created by Wrist Game musicians.
When listening to One4Me by Black Haüs, Roebuck feels like they are the perfect alternative black boy-band with an expanding sound! One4me is a spot on, summer RnB breakup track that reminds us all that feelings fade, and when they do, someone is going to get hurt. Hopefully, they get over it. One4me delves into that moment when a person realizes “Yeah this ain’t it, soooo I’m out!” and fleshes out the attempt to let them down easy. No one wants to hurt anyone’s feelings, especially when emotions were once present, but on the other hand, people have to be happy. Pick your poison! Either way, the sax solo at the end will make the acceptance a smidge easier. Check out a visual exploration of One4me, painted by Tae Ham at Wrist Game.
When tuning in to Rankenstein by NKI, Roebuck finds that there is absolutely nothing like it. NKI’s sound is all her own, bending Neo-Soul, RnB, and Electronic genres while mixing in her own poetic inflection to give listeners a truly genuine sound.
Rankenstein shows a darker side of NKI. Produced by French musician Kheyzine, the song delves into the identity issues and self doubt that stem from trash lovers. Within the sultry vocal layers, there is pain, lyrics of her asking to be stitched back together on the table made by the very person who she felt ripped her apart. Screaming out, “Am I so ugly? Created by you”, explaining how slowly but surely words can change someone’s perception of themselves. Rankenstein is a moment of breakdown and recognition that perhaps, losing yourself in love isn’t always the best thing in the world. Although Roebuck wrote on Rankenstein, NKI is extremely diverse sonically and nothing she has released sounds like the other, so don’t be afraid to try other tracks as well! Roebuck’s favorite of them all is Hooks N Loops.
Aaron Roebuck is a Charlotte native, East Carolina University Graduate, and self proclaimed music dweeb; his reviews will remain a constant throughout the Wrist Game experience. While widely known as a great listener the perceived and expected resume’ to talk about music on a platform is only known in conversation and personal interaction. He’s one of those people that avoided what they loved in an effort to be practical and invisible, thankfully he has learned he loves way too loud.
