Sundays get steamy on Of Eros and I

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      Of Eros and I (Independent)

      Sundays’ brand of honeyed, minimalist R&B is made for the bedroom, though not necessarily for doing the bump and grind. Of Eros and I, the local singer’s debut EP, is postcoital pop—songs about the memories and emotional aftermath of a steamy Saturday night.

      That said, opener “World We Own” is the pleasure-seeking precursor to the rest of the six-song set’s pensive approach, balancing a modest bass pulse and gale-force synth whooshes with Sundays’ breathy vocals about existing in a sensual limbo with her lover.

      “Forces” is the early a.m. comedown that sets the tone for the rest of the EP. In it, gently panned guitars support Sundays’ Sade-styled softness, as she weighs in about how her heart opens up at the thought of a certain someone’s touch. EP highlight “Delicate” likewise runs smooth, though via simple, silken synth patterns. The two-note melody that drives the glacially paced, melancholy “Hope It’s Enough”, however, drags the collection down with its heavy-hearted sentiments. (“Someone tried to save you, I’ll leave that up to God/All I can do is love you with everything I’ve got.”)

      Though no less spaciously arranged, “Things You Do” punches up the back end as Sundays once again speaks of her personal Eros, fondly recalling all the things about him that make her feel like hopping onto an Egyptian-cotton bedspread. While it risks veering off into dour territory mid-course, Of Eros and I is mostly a high-thread-count affair.

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