“Take Me Apart is a subtle, sexy LP from a woman who knows what she wants, and clearly aims to write anthems for fans feeling the same way.”
“Kelela’s debut album is technically stunning and emotionally realized. It lives in a new, outré, rhythmic pop galaxy that honors but outpaces its peers.”
“Kelela's debut album is a great representation of how cutting edge the alternative R&B genre can be.”
““It’s not a break-up, it’s just a breakdown, we’re spinning around,” sings Kelela towards the end of this long-awaited debut album. Concise and candid, it’s typical of ‘Take Me Apart’, a 14-track collection of super-modern electro-R&B which Kelela calls “an honest vision of how we navigate dissolving ties with each other and yet remain sanguine for the next chance at love.” In short: don’t come he”
“I’m still not sure I’ll ever fully understand the distinction between a mixtape and a proper album, but with Kelela Mizanekristos’s latest, I think I just might be starting to get it. On 2013’s ‘Cut 4 Me’, she took the punishing bass music palette of Night Slugs’ instrumentals and painted her magnificent vocals all over it to create the dark dance highlight. Four years later, however, we have Kele”
“Our take on 'Take Me Apart,' the debut full-length from the buzzed-about singer”
