Prometo

Pablo Alborán may be known more for intimate ballads than pulse-pounding Latin pop epics, but even his most delicate songs can startle with their eruptions of emotion. Spain's tender crooner cranks up that unique dynamism for <i>Prometo</i>, tearing up your heart one moment and then soothing it with a smile. The album contains the plush romanticism you might expect ("Lo Nuestro"), along with simmering grooves that spur Alborán to surprisingly ecstatic performances ("Vivir"). And the soft-to-stirring leaps of his voice stun throughout, especially the tremulous desire of "Curo Tus Labios".