“Kwes’ debut album, 2013’s ilp, tackled a lot of ideas—skeletal beats, foggy synths, ethereal soundscapes—but it scanned, broadly speaking, as R&B. A lot of that came down to the London musician’s vocal style, delivering romantic entreaties in a gentle falsetto. But on his new single, his first in five years, there’s no trace of his singing. “Midori,” taken from his upcoming EP Songs for Midi, is s”
