falsetto

“Whatever’s wrong with me, I will take to bed,” Cain begins in a slow, vaporous falsetto.

I generally write melodically from more of a falsetto place.

Anchored by the pleading falsetto of Joseph Quinones, who also acts as songwriter and keyboardist, the debut is filled with the sort of tracks that could convincingly pass for soul 45s from 1966.

That was evident from the first singles that were released: the moody “Selfish,” and the dreamy reverb of “Drown,” strengthen by Timberlake’s idiosyncratic falsetto.

The only instrument we hear is Cherry’s trumpet, in serene and simple harmony with another falsetto voice.