All Blessed by Faithless
All Blessed is the seventh studio album by dance music act Faithless. It was released on 23 October 2020. It is their first studio album in 10 years, succeeding 2010's The Dance. It is also their first album which doesn't feature lead vocalist Maxi Jazz. Background On 5 June 2020, the band released two edits of a new song, "Let the Music Decide", which featured the vocals of George the Poet and was only available for a limited time on music streaming platforms, not to be found on social media ever since. Poet has a remarkably similar voice to that of former lead vocalist Maxi Jazz. On 16 July 2020, Faithless released follow up single, "This Feeling". Similar to "Let The Music Decide", this track also features a spoken poet known as Suli Breaks, with additional vocals by singer-songwriter Nathan Ball. Another single with Nathan Ball on vocals, "Synthesizer", was released on 28 August 2020 alongside its music video, with an announcement for the release date of 23 October for the band's seventh album "All Blessed". The tracklist however does not feature the previous two singles "Let the Music Decide" and "This Feeling", making "Synthesizer" the album's first official single. The album's second single "Innadadance" was released 20 October, three days before the album's release. It features Suli Breaks and Jazzie B. Former vocalist Maxi Jazz is thanked in the album's sleeve notes for "passing the baton".
To set the tone for their romantic third album, Nashville’s Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney released “Speechless” to fans as an early single. A starry-eyed tribute to the feeling they each got upon seeing their wives at the end of the aisle (both men got married in 2017), it’s the sort of fairy-tale love song that’s destined to soundtrack wedding ceremonies and first dances. The country-pop singers explore their respective marriages throughout the rest of the album. "What Keeps You Up at Night” has the soft sway of a John Mayer song, while the Kelly Clarkson-assisted “Keeping Score” makes a case for minding the big picture through a relationship's challenges.
