SINGLE REVIEW: Pretty Wings (Billboard)
May 30, 2009
Pretty Wings
Ronald Hart
After an eight-year hiatus, the neo-soul sensation Maxwell makes a triumphant return to the R&B fold with the beautiful “Pretty Wings,” the first single off his highly anticipated fourth album, “BLACKsummersnight.” He proclaims the set is the first part of a trilogy with which he plans to usher in the second decade of the 21st century. Over delicate xylophone plinks and warm, soulful horn arrangements that sound as though they were directly lifted from an old Hi Records 45, the Brooklyn-born singer croons a heartbreaking ode to letting go of a relationship. It’s an absolutely gorgeous ballad that ushers in a long-overdue welcome return to one of R&B’s most talented and original artists.
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