“Bastard Jargon is Nakhane being their most unapologetic and assured”
“Where the South African singer-songwriter’s work was tinged with melancholy, their new album, executive produced by Nile Rodgers, renders carnal ecstasy in bright tones and major keys.”
“Bastard Jargon was made in part to be functional. South African-born artist Nakhane wrote You Will Not Die as a personal excavation, unearthing grief and clarity from moments in their early life. They renounced their Christian faith and spoke of the trauma of conversion therapy. It was an expressive collection of songs, though ones that didn’t lend themselves to dancing in the mid-afternoon festiv”
