Ben LaMar Gay

Yowzers is an audacious exploration of boundary-pushing jazz and experimental soul, where Ben LaMar Gay blurs the lines between performance, poetry, and pure sonic texture. The album unfolds as a series of intimate, improvisational vignettes—sometimes whimsical, sometimes confrontational—but always intensely human. Gay’s vocal work ranges from vulnerable falsettos to guttural murmurs, weaving through brass, percussion, and electronic fragments that feel simultaneously improvisational and meticulously crafted.

There’s a sense of theatricality here, but it’s not for spectacle—it’s a probing, raw reflection of identity, emotion, and cultural resonance. Tracks can feel like abstract sketches at first, yet they resolve into profound emotional statements, offering moments of laughter, discomfort, and catharsis in equal measure. Yowzers is challenging, yes, but it rewards the listener willing to surrender to its unpredictability and texture.