Jon Vinyl - PALISADE (EP)
Jon Vinyl’s vocals have always flown so far above the PALISADE & these 5 new entries to his ever evolving catalog thus far only continue to elevate souls to the highest of altitudes. Anybody looking for some more of that earnest, heartfelt & healthy R&B will rejoice in these excerpts of his. Opening up with the poignantly acoustic number “Slowly”, Jon vows to take his time to get to know this person & show them his vulnerability, hopefully to get them to feel like his circumference is a safe space for her to eventually open up but he’s not forcing her to, he’s granting her the time to move at her own pace. It’s a beautifully soft ballad about patience, something a lot of us could benefit from practicing within our love lives.
We then melt into the sultry & seductive “Entice Me”, where he gets lost in the admiration of her mind, body & soul, yearning for his to intertwine with her every change he may get. He hates when he has to leave to go do what he has to but if anybody can convince him to stay & blow off his responsibilities, it’s her & from the sounds of it, I don’t believe he minds this at all. The subtle acoustics & strings on this number make it all the more soulful as he bares his heart & soul to his lover. The “Pressure” has been applied & he’s not feeling it. He’s lonely & needs someone who can understand the pain he’s feeling. He’s tired of the mind games she’s playing on him but there’s still a part of him that’s attracted to this toxic cycle they got going on. As much as it hurts, he knows in his heart that it’s time to let it go.
On the previously released “FTU”, Jon calms down & realizes that she’s just scared, living in fear of being hurt again as she possibly was in her past but he’s willing to be patient with her as she becomes more & more comfortable with letting her guard down around him. It’s hard to express love to someone who’s not used to that, to someone who was never taught how to love but he’s willing to teach her if she’s willing to work with him, to learn. All she needs to do is give him a “Chance” & all her wildest dreams of avarice can come true. But unfortunately, that dynamic just couldn’t work, they’re just two completely different people. He ponders if she still thinks about him, wondering if there’s a chance that he’s still of some slight significance to her. It’s a smooth, poignant & almost sad way to close out one of the more earnest releases to come out of modern R&B.