Nuela Charles

Heavy

Secrets

How To Start A Garden

How to Start A Garden

Traffic Fiction

SANTIAGO

Aren't We Ever Gonna Be More Than Friends?

Not Your Average Other Guy

There Goes My Mind

Dirty Shine

North Bank Blues

Rude, Crude, and Uncouth

Kibbie's Song

Lyrics and Vocals by Dessa
Produced by Lazerbeak and Andy Thompson

This is the song on the record that most reflects my come-up in indie hip hop. Lazerbeak’s beat is vibey and driving; the lyrics flex some wordplay and lean into a little swagger. (And, for those of you following along at home, this track contains the second Wizard of Oz reference: I’m like the good witch, bring the motherfucking house down.)

The verses are impressionistic: a quick self introduction, a sweep of highway rushing past, a free fall, and then a few verbal polaroids of the chaos of the world at large: drones overhead, a flood at the city’s edge, and the relentless call to get back to work, despite the perils.

Dessa - Decoy

Only Human

Dessa - Decoy

Doomtree