Do That Again

<b>Charmingly off-kilter R&B delivered with smirks and quirks.</b> Part R&B lover boy, part alt-rock slacker, Malcolm Todd is blessed with a naturally smooth melodic voice, but he likes to situate it in messy contexts. His third full-length <i>Do That Again</i> belongs to a tradition of off-kilter, rough-sketch R&B that spans Steve Lacy to <i>SWAG</i>, delivering its seductive entendres—like the irrepressibly horny one-two combo of <b>“Jean Skirt”</b> and <b>“Obsessica”</b>—with quirks and smirks to spare. And even at his most miserable—see: the sad-boy synth-funk reverie <b>“Lonely Song”</b>—Todd has a knack for framing his misery in amusingly relatable terms: “Mattress on the floor/Minimal decor/My doorbell only rings when my food is at the door.” But on the chiming indie-pop charmer <b>“I Saw Your Face”</b>, Todd taps a deeper romantic vein while dislodging his tongue from cheek.