All that and they can serve up a stunningly simple but devastating piano ballad, too. The song is becoming a firm favourite of Gilles Peterson, Off White’s Virgil Abloh, Annie Mac, and none other than Elton John, who branded it “one of the most seminal records I’ve heard in the last 10 years”.ĭigging sensitively into the past but also looking defiantly ahead to the future, echoes of vintage soul and R&B coast alongside the warmer, more human fringes of electronica and the spacious experimentation of ultra-contemporary alt pop in Gabriels’ vast vision. Theirs is a cinematic world, one led by the hypnotically soulful title track of debut EP Love and Hate In A Different Time. With each member of the trio already a master of their own creative field – vocalist Jacob Lusk is an acclaimed gospel singer and choir director while co-producers Hope and Ari Balouzian are, respectively, an established film director and classically trained musician/soundtrack artist, they have somehow managed to create something even bigger than the sum of its impressive parts. “The three of us are storytellers,” begins Ryan Hope, one third of the Los Angeles based Gabriels, who might just be the most compelling new act of 2021. Website facebook instagram twitter youtube
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