Nulbarich -- New Era

 

It was a few years ago that I discovered the band Nulbarich which has been put alongside Suchmos and Yogee New Waves as one of the relatively new breed of Neo-City Pop bands, although perhaps they would rather be called something more on the lines of J-R&B. Anyways, Nulbarich's "Tokyo" from 2021 has that groove with some added synthpop.

Now, I'm going a bit earlier to their debut year of 2016 with "New Era" which was a track on their first album "Guess Who?". From the title, one might guess that the song could be about a better time for Earth and its citizens, but really, it's a whole lot more intimate with a man finally coming out of his shell to share love with that significant other for the first time in a while. There's that appealingly sunny funk and groove accompanying Jeremy "JQ" Quartus' soulful vocals.