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Golden Hour, Vol. 1 – Santino Le Saint

A delicious build-up, but an even tastier release 👅🔥

Santino Le Saint every time – how many genres you want? Yes.

Groovy + hard hitting beats, dirty guitars mixed with emotive ones, peanut butter vocals and cutting lyrics. The Tino team continues to raise the bar every time, constantly reaching new highs even while singing about lows.

All of the influences and experimentations combine so well here. The nods to earlier works through either lyrical references or resembling compositions capture the essence of Santino Le Saint while exploring new realms.

There’s a song for every mood here – brooding, headbanging like a rockstar or shaking that 🍑 Yes, even with the poignant lyrical content.

What a privilege to witness the progression in artistry – hearing the potential being reached all over from the vocals, production, lyrics, subject matter. All of this was present earlier, but the ongoing development leaves me awestruck.

I could divulge my thoughts and feelings on every track, but there are not enough words so here’s a few honorary mentions:

• Dr. Knockout 🥊 and Just Drive with the callbacks – a renegade lifestyle and of course a bullet 🔫 with my name on it.

• Heart Attack – comparable to the likes of a big MJ-Weeknd number, but Santino style 😜 Absolutely bodied it and made it your own. So nasty 🥵 Y’all went absolutely feral on this one.

• I Already Know – I thought I had found my wedding song, but now I have found it.

This is not an album that can sit in the background while completing other tasks - it demands undivided attention. I’ve failed to get on with tasks while listening to it 🤣

Congratulations to all the collaborators on an outstanding piece of work. You should all be so proud and inspired to keep on going.

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Clockwork, Santino Le Saint: A few thoughts.

Aligning with the title, I've had this track on repeat like clockwork since I first played it.

Hearing it for the first time inspired me to write this little piece, to explore my audiophile tendencies beyond mere listening. I've always had a grand appreciation for music and dreamed of working or contributing to the field in some manner; a quarter life crisis and trying to make a living realistically stand as my hurdle. Clockwork really invigorated the need to express my feelings around this release.

I've been a Santino fan since 2018; Clockwork displays his artistic growth while also respecting his roots. I always describe his style as the perfect amalgamation of RnB and Rock, or RnB infused Rock. Clockwork perfectly captures that through a current, hard hitting beat (produced by himself) and distinct Tino guitars. Combined with his soulful, soothing voice, he never fails to convey his musical story and emote a response from the listener.