Kevin Bronson on December 1st, 2011

0

Rhymes with swoon, I guess. Jamie Woon’s debut album “Mirrorwriting” (out now digitally and in the U.K., Jan. 31 physically) announces the 28-year-old Londoner as the latest white-soul contender, and he’s got the falsetto for it. Most interesting, though, are the album’s electronic textures, and we will pass along the same tip we got about “Mirrorwriting”: Do it with headphones. Woon’s monstrous first single, 2010’s “Night Air,” immediately put him in league with James Blake and Katy B; all three can be the soundtrack for your nighttime.

||| Live: Jamie Woon plays the Echo tonight.