The Louisiana-born, Portland-based soul singer Ural Thomas comes across like the pastor of a titillating, subterranean sermon on “First Place Winner,” a dimly-lit slice of lo-fi bedroom funk culled from Mississippi Records’ forthcoming Nat-Ural, which compiles ten 8-track home recordings made between the late 80s and early 90s. Over frosty synths and clapping drum machines, his voice is distant, faded, and downright spectral.
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Ural Thomas :: Smile
Ural Thomas is a soul singer from Portland who, despite having allegedly rubbed elbows with the likes of Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones and James Brown, never quite made it to […]