PLAYTÖ, an Arizona-based R&B duo, have landed on the pages of Roundhouse with their lovestruck, smoky new single “PEGASUS,” which dropped back on Feb. 25.
Producer JayRewind pulls together a minimalistic yet intoxicating production palette, fusing steady bass hits with feathery cymbal work and stretchy, watery synths that ripple and dissolve as the track winds down. It’s a sound that feels weightless but slightly disorienting, like floating just a little too far from solid ground.
Matching the hazy toxicity of the production, vocalists Z. Lew and Jonny Haze effortlessly trade verses, capturing the dizzying aroma of being in love with a kind of blurred, nocturnal clarity:
“Riding my high, like a white Pegasus, baby / Losing your mind while floating in time, babe / In love for the hell of it,” Lew sweetly whispers in the track’s first verse.
With “PEGASUS,” Lew and Haze pull together a moody, dreamy alternative R&B jam worth celebrating. They capture the hazy intoxication of love across the track’s instrumentation, lyricism, and vocal performances, their chemistry oozing through at every moment. It’s a feeling they never quite try to ground—and that’s exactly what makes it linger.
Stream “PEGASUS” here: https://tr.ee/O2W4GuuOrQ
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