Take Me Apart (LP)

Warp presents Take Me Apart, the debut album from contemporary R&B's icon-in-the-making, Kelela. The long-awaited opus arrives at the tail end of extended tours with The xx and Gorillaz and scene-stealing guest spots as feature vocalist on a handful of crucial records - from longtime ally Solange's majestic A Seat at the Table to Warp's gonzo rap star Danny Brown's immense Atrocity Exhibition and most recently, the star-studded Humanz from Gorillaz.

Take Me Apart emerges as an epic portrait of an artist spanning the past and future of R&B. In her hands, however, the genre knows no boundaries and so Take Me Apart exists as an absolutely singular and fearless addition to a canon of recent classics. From her very earliest work, honesty and vulnerability have been cornerstones of Kelela's art - even when clad in the armor of the avant-garde electronics she so deftly inhabits - and Take Me Apart sees her double down on both the emotional intensity and resonance of her message as well as the sonic seeking she is renowned for.