Extraordinary: Solar Flare Yellow & Orange Vinyl LP David Attenborough walking in Lin-Manuel Miranda's shoes

walking in Lin-Manuel Miranda's shoes was a daunting prospect

On the initial release of this classic it was “The Choice Is Yours” that blew the roof off with even the most of novice rap fans gravitating to the song’s energy

was not the last “first” with which this hugely important composer would gift society

other times it's familiar and joyous and other times it's like deep meditation

Extraordinary: Solar Flare Yellow & Orange Vinyl LP David Attenborough walking in Lin-Manuel Miranda's shoesTrue to its name, Extraordinary, Gareth Donkin's second album widens the scale of his virtuosic soul pop songcraft not just on a sonic level, but in a profoundly personal way. A step wiser and more confident, fresh off a feature on De La Souls new album, the London based singer songwriter and producer lets go of past constructs to celebrate the present tense with his most sophisticated, vast, and dazzling work to date, nodding to disco, R&B, and funk