Album Review: Tell Dem It's Sunny by Greentea Peng

Floating somewhere between worlds – spiritual and streetwise, experimental yet grounded, like the smell of incense outside a factory – her music resists easy categorisation Greentea Peng is an artist that will remind you of the best music of so many others, yet manages to be so completely and uniquely herself. Floating somewhere between worlds – spiritual and streetwise, experimental yet grounded, like the smell of incense outside a factory – her music resists easy categorisation. In her smoky, soulful, and psychedelic R&B sound, you'll hear elements of rap, dub, trip hop, jazz, neo-soul, reggae, and more – cooked into a rich stew that is unmistakably her own flavour.

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Greentea Peng's newest album, Tell Dem it's Sunny, is a striking fusion of psychedelic rap and R'n'B. Peng balances otherworldly soundscapes with lyrics that bleed with vulnerability; on My Neck the South East London artist sings: 'I need to sing and dance, yes, make some love / I want to scream, but I ain't wild enough / I have been locked up… for quite some time / Found myself drowning in waters that aren't mine'. The song features a guest turn from South London musician Wu-Lu, and like many other tracks on the album, gritty reverbs coalesce with drifting vocals as Peng expresses feelings of suppression and entrapment.

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If anyone can attest to the sentiment 'healing is not linear', it's Greentea Peng. The self-described psychedelic R&B artist - real name Aria Wells - has always candidly shared her journey of self-reflection and spiritual connection through music. 2021 debut 'MAN MADE' and subsequent mixtape 'GREENZONE 108' translated the chaos of the objective world into creation, detailing a return to source characterised by self-discovery, love and growth atop a vast backdrop of neo-soul, jazz, dub and hip hop influences.

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