Leon Bridges Releases Five New Tracks

Just a few days after releasing the powerful video for “River” based on the Baltimore Uprising, Leon Bridges is sharing the deluxe version of his debut album Coming Home. The new and improved version follows the original release last June, and contains an extra five tracks on the end: “There She Goes,” “Daisy Mae,” “Mississippi Kisses,” “Here in My Arms” and “Outta Line.” If you’ve been to a Leon Bridges show in the past, you might recognize them. via OS

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MICK & Leon Bridges – Coming Home To Texas [Mixtape]

Columbia Records recording artist and Forth Worth, Texas native Leon Bridges has enlisted the services of MICK (formerly known as Mick Boogie), a veteran, Brooklyn-based DJ and producer, for Coming Home To Texas, a remixed version of his studio debut, which was released earlier this summer. Completely new production, courtesy of Chi Duly, Chris Rockaway, Donnie Houston, Hasan Insane, Jett I. Masstyr and TedyP, accompanies seven of the album’s standout selections, while fellow Texas natives Bun B and Slim Thug each turn in a guest verse. Coming Home, an outstanding, soulful body of work, is available for digital purchase as of June 19, while it’s remixed counterpart is available for free download exclusively through Audiomack. via

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Leon Bridges – Coming Home [Album Stream]

Soul singer Leon Bridges hits us with an early stream of his debut album, “Coming Home”. The album will be available in stores June 23rd. When Leon Bridges sings, he often raises his arms in a chest-opening gesture that might resolve in a benediction or a finger snap. Like the music the 25-year-old Fort Worth soul sensation has carefully crafted for his debut, his signature move seems simple, but hold many meanings. It recalls the stance Bridges’ stated role model Sam Cooke frequently took, including his pose on the cover of the 1963 album the younger singer admits is his template for live performance. But the uplifting gesture predates Cooke, being central to the gospel testifying he translated into pop. It’s goes beyond him, also belonging to Elvis Presley, Whitney Houston and Justin Timberlake, to name just a few. It’s a central signifier containing multiple meanings: It’s welcoming but also a form of guarding; a way of opening the chest to gather breath and contain the body to focus on each note; a choreographed moment that seems to spring from pure feeling. It’s imagination in careful motion, a sign of freedom in mastery.

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