Making new-age R&B and dirtying it up with pop grit and magnetic charm is what Michael McQuaid is all about. The Dallas native turned Nashville musician released his debut EP, Glasshouse, in November 2015, and his six-track introduction is a hybrid collage that runs the genre spectrum in an aesthetically charged direction. Produced by The Songwriting Team and recorded in collaboration with some of Nashville’s budding talent and writers, the six-track debut is this slinky, bass-rattling R&B, motion-made by pop vibes and sexy and saturated production. There is a dynamic wave to Glasshouse, and whether you coast in the heavy low-end of “VIBES” or in the buzzed melancholy of “Down,” the tracks drench you in 808s and his charismatic vocals. Michael’s innate passion for production causes an electronic consumption, an experience you get both listening and live, and even if he strips it down for a more acoustic set, you’re still bound to be absorbed. Standing out as a sonic deviation from...
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Making new-age R&B and dirtying it up with pop grit and magnetic charm is what Michael McQuaid is all about. The Dallas native turned Nashville musician released his debut EP, Glasshouse, in November 2015, and his six-track introduction is a hybrid collage that runs the genre spectrum in an aesthetically charged direction. Produced by The Songwriting Team and recorded in collaboration with some of Nashville’s budding talent and writers, the six-track debut is this slinky, bass-rattling R&B, motion-made by pop vibes and sexy and saturated production. There is a dynamic wave to Glasshouse, and whether you coast in the heavy low-end of “VIBES” or in the buzzed melancholy of “Down,” the tracks drench you in 808s and his charismatic vocals. Michael’s innate passion for production causes an electronic consumption, an experience you get both listening and live, and even if he strips it down for a more acoustic set, you’re still bound to be absorbed. Standing out as a sonic deviation from Nashville stereotypes, Michael McQuaid is a curator of a limitless, unabashed style that is pushing boundaries at every turn.
