River Tiber. "West (feat. Daniel Caesar)." Indigo, River Tiber, 2016.
Ever since I first caught Toronto's Tommy Paxton-Beesly (aka River Tiber) open up for Kaytranada at Mezzanine in San Francisco, I haven't been able to get this song out of my head. I was instantly mesmerized by his haunting R&B vocals, the way he layers in guitar to create a sense of atmosphere, and that early 90s influence that seems to characterize much of the music coming out of The Six.
This song reminds me of the feeling of being a Canadian living in California, that spirit of "going west" and being lost in a dream.