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video: esperanza spalding back with a new experimental single ‘good lava’

January 11, 2016

Take a look at Esperanza Spalding’s trippy new video for ‘Good Lava.’ ‘Good Lava’ comes as the first single off of Spalding’s experimental psychedelic jazz album ‘Emily’s D+Evolution.’ The single is a gutsy departure from Spalding’s trademark modern jazz style. Spalding fans might recognizes the name “Emily”, which is Esperanza’s middle name, and her “calmer”, bolder, adolescent self.

“Whether you want to see it as devolution and evolution, and the place where they co-exist without one diminishing the other, or could look at it like barely having the tools that you need, but having to move forward, and having to keep moving,” Spalding told NPR.

Decide for yourself—check out the video below.

By Erin White, AFROPUNK contributor

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