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Inside the Candy-Sweet Crescendo of Joyce Wrice
If there’s anything to learn from Joyce Wrice, it’s that she’s unbreakable. We’re about 20 minutes into her pre-show makeup routine at New York’s Terminal 5, as she fires off answers to questions about her first nationwide tour and her debut album, Overgrown, when an eyelash mishap almost hinders her ability to keep the interview going for a brief moment. But Wrice never pauses. The R&B up-and-comer finishes her thought with complete focus, even with the irritation of an eyelash being removed from her right eye. She doesn’t miss a beat, and maybe never has, given that’s just how she treats her live set on the Candydrip Tour. “You see people like Janet, and Missy Elliott, and Aaliyah, and Britney Spears. You could tell like, ‘Damn, that’s just in them,” Wrice tells SPIN as she sits mid-...
The 30 Best Albums of 2021 (So Far)
Despite what some “best of” blurb intros may tell you, there is no exact science to list-making. And constructing one so methodically just might ruin the joy altogether — for both us, the curators, and you, the readers. Even though debate is a natural reaction, anger is not. These stories are supposed to be fun! And hopefully unique — who wants to read the exact same list at every publication? Sure, SPIN’s Best Albums of 2021 (So Far) does feature some of the year’s biggest buzz bands. But we hope you’ll also discover some records that slipped through the cracks — and maybe, just maybe, reconsider some LPs you previously dismissed. Let’s meet back here in six months and see how things shake out. Adjective Animal – America’s Got Talons CREDIT: Adjective Animal For over a decade, Jon Bi...
