Selective Listening | Hermanos Gutiérrez, Chris Stapleton and Nate Husser

Every week, our music journalists add songs to the playlist of The Press on Spotify. Here are three recent titles that are in our selection.

Hermanos Gutierrez, Los Chicos Tristes (El Michels Affair Remix)

Rather rare to find a remixed version in this section, but it is worth writing – and reading – the next few lines. The Gutiérrez brothers, six-string specialists, who had offered themselves the services of Dan Aeurbach for the production of their latest addition, this time offer themselves a first collaboration at the microphone: Jensine Benitez takes her place and sings suavely under a tempo revised by Leon Michels, better known as El Michels Affair. Here we are in a very cinematic western, hot, dusty and sunny. We are now dreaming of a complete album in this direction.

Philippe Beauchemin, The Press

Chris Stapleton, It Takes a Woman

After the epic White Horse and the almost groovy Think I’m In Love With YouChris Stapleton offers a ballad as the third extract from his next album entitled Higher. It Takes a Woman is classic in its form, but once again shows all the soul that there is in the singing, here impregnated with gospel, of the imposing bearded cowboy. His wife, Morgane, does the backing vocals and is also one of the co-producers of the disc expected on November 10.

Alexandre Vigneault, The Press

Nate Husser, Earth Day

Montrealer Nate Husser first became known as part of the duo The Posterz, which he formed with Kris the $pirit, in the mid-2010s. Collaborations with Charlotte Cardin and FouKi subsequently exposed him further to the Quebec public. By moving to Los Angeles last year, Nathaniel Huskinson took a gamble on carving out a place for himself on the American hip-hop scene. Last week’s release of his album Dark Songs To Drive To should definitely help him win over new fans. As the title indicates, the atmosphere is dark and mysterious, an ideal canvas for flows devastating by Nate. On Earth Dayhe uses the entire arsenal and demonstrates that his talent is on par with some of the most popular rappers of the moment.

Pascal LeBlanc, The Press