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- Summary: The second full-length release from Baltimore self-described post-R&B artist Nourished By Time features a guest appearance by Tony Bontana.
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- Record Label: XL Recordings
- Genre(s): R&B, Pop/Rock
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- Aug 27, 2025From its opening moments, The Passionate Ones soars.
- Aug 21, 2025Even if the core musical elements which made Erotic Probiotic 2 or last year’s Catching Chickens EP feel like such impressive, homespun projects are still in play, The Passionate Ones only serves to stretch the scope of those releases to hold the full range of both the anger and romance driving his writing—and he pulls off this leap ahead beautifully.
- Sep 8, 2025Nourished By Time is not only on time—he’s ahead, he’s behind, he’s exactly what we need in the present moment: a voice for the ones that never had a chance to develop theirs.
- Aug 26, 2025Where Erotic Probiotic 2 was hypnagogic in spirit—drawing from ’80s pastiche, sports-television samples, echo-heavy harmonies—this LP foregrounds rawer, more physical elements, without sacrificing Brown’s booming, atmospheric textures.
- Sep 5, 2025The Passionate Ones is cathartic from start to finish and begs the question: what if we all started being more earnest?
- Aug 19, 2025Songs like “Max Potential” may start out start out small, with a simple keyboard motif and an understated bassline, but Brown assures that the parts add up to make maximum impact.
- Aug 22, 2025Absorbing and cinematic, The Passionate Ones expands Brown’s unique vision for post-R&B: his aching, tremulous, earthy vocals swim under rolling Baltimore club breakbeats, flickering synths, gated reverb and uncanny looping samples. And all the while, he makes a plea for big feelings in the face of a numbing world.
