Fall in NYC vibes are the best vibes. On the cusp of the new Fielded album dropping I ran through the album twice while running around Brooklyn on a beautifully breezy September day, and it was the perfect accompaniment. Even the eerily ritualistic “Honeysuckle” matched up perfectly with whatever the subway preacher was ranting about. This is our first Fielded full-length since 2020’s Demisexual Lovelace- which ironically is about to go out of print- and it appears to have arrived at the perfect moment. In a year of thrillingly eclectic Backwoodz projects, Plus One gives every one of them a run for its money when it comes to originality and experimentation. The album features contributions from billy woods, Wolf Weston (St. Mela), Kenny Segal, They Hate Change, Small Bills, Fat Tony, Child Actor, DJ Haram, Felicia Douglass, Steel Tipped Dove, A. Billi Free, ELUCID, Teether, Fines Double, and more. Fair warning; we did a very limited vinyl run of 300 copies and already moved 200. We are also low on Fielded's Demisexual Lovelace, so grab them both while you can!
FIELDED feat. KENNY SEGAL & PINK NAVEL "The Way It Is"
FIRST SINGLE FROM PLUS ONE
FIELDED "The Way It Is" feat. Pink Navel [prod. by Kenny Segal]
On a record full of strong single material, “The Way It Is” still made an unshakeable case for the being the lead track in pitching this album. Both of the Kenny Segal productions on Plus One are ridiculously dope but Pink Navel’s feature and those lush strings (are they strings??) made “The Way It Is” the choice. Luckily, the whole album is out so you can see which song does it for you.
Plus One is the brand-new album from Brooklyn-based artist Lindsay Powell aka Fielded. While Fielded has put out several solo projects steeped in their trademark psychedelic R&B, they also has quietly built a reputation as a genre-bending vocalist and sought-after musical collaborator. Plus One turns that dynamic on its head, bringing together an indie music elite on Fielded’s guest list including Armand Hammer, Felicia Douglass, Kenny Segal, They Hate Change, DJ Haram, Wolf Weston, The Lasso, Child Actor and Steel Tipped Dove.
“I’ve offered myself in blips and breaths and moments, sighing under a powerful lyric, or punctuating another vocalist’s breakthrough performance,” Fielded says. “We wanted to see what could happen when I brought those same artists in to add flourishes to my visions and depth to my stories.”
📸: Ashley Peña
Plus One is executive produced by billy woods, building on a creative partnership that goes back to the rapper’s 2019 album, Terror Management. Since then Fielded has engineered, produced and performed on a slew of Backwoodz Studioz releases, in addition to putting out two projects on the label- 2020’s Demisexual Lovelace and 2021’s Young Medusa- in addition to their extensive outside commitments. That history is reflected in the breadth of Plus One’s collaborations; Fielded stole the show on Small Bills “Safehouse,” the first song on ELUCID and The Lasso’s 2019 album Don’t Play It Straight. Here they reunite, cooking up a slinky R&B banger with “Waves.” Wolf Weston and Fielded traded harmonies on Saint Mela’s 2020 EP all for this strange baptism, and Weston returns the favor to fantastic effect on “Goddess Woes.” In 2019, Fielded joined forces with Fat Tony and Steel Tipped Dove for the Houston rapper’s Don’t Move EP. On Plus One, both artists step into her world and find their footing effortlessly—Tony on the woozy numbness of “Where I Came From,” and Dove with a stumbling cascade of drum and piano on “World’s Away.” Yet, it’s some of the newest pairings that yield the ripest fruit. Kenny Segal and Fielded combine for two album highlights, and A. Billi Free pops up for the record’s biggest curveball (unless you give that to Florida rappers They Hate Change setting fire to an ELUCID beat). Through it all, Fielded holds court, always taking or leaving exactly what the song requires.
“It is an album telling full stories, walking through valleys and cities, landscapes rich and sometimes heartbreaking,” Fielded explains. ”No one is filler. Everyone has been welcomed and valued. Everyone made the work weird, wonderful and honest, and for that I am grateful.”
TRACKLISTING SIDE A 1. Windbreaker feat. billy woods (prod. by Locust) 2. Afternoon Sun feat. Felicia Douglass (prod. by Kenny Segal) 3. Take Me There feat. Teether (prod. by Child Actor) 4. You Chasing Me (prod. by Child Actor) 5. The Way It Is feat. Pink Navel (prod. by Kenny Segal) 6. I Saw You feat. PremRock (prod. by Fines Double) 7. Honeysuckle feat. Fatboi Sharif (prod. by DJ Haram)
SIDE B 8. Dream Interlude (prod. by Child Actor) 9. Goddess Woes feat. Wolf Weston (prod. by Child Actor) 10. Waves feat. E L U C I D (prod. by The Lasso) 11. Freakyextendooooo feat. They Hate Change (prod. by E L U C I D) 12. Move It Like feat. A. Billi Free (prod. by The Lasso) 13. Where I Came From feat. Fat Tony (prod. by FInes Double) 14. Worlds Away feat. billy woods (prod. by Steel Tipped Dove)
PLUS ONE VINYL + DEMISEXUAL LOVELACE LOW INVENTORY WARNING
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Vinyl of Demisexual Lovelace
This is the Fielded hot pink magenta-colored 12" vinyl. Digital download link will be emailed to the purchaser on the release date. Includes downloads of PDF of lyrics & bonus track of Fielded's single "Valley's & Peaks". Less than 30 in stock, so order yours now!
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