Top tracks — play these first
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Baby Baby Nooooo — This track showcases Hynes' knack for merging catchy pop hooks with quirky lyrics, exemplifying the playful yet earnest tone that permeates the album.
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Fire in the Ocean — With its lush instrumentation and reflective lyrics, this song captures a moment of vulnerability and emotional depth, highlighting Hynes' songwriting prowess.
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Tonight You Belong to Me (feat. Charlotte Froom) — The collaboration on this track adds an ethereal quality, blending harmonies that create an inviting atmosphere, representing the album's overarching theme of connection.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- brief energetic bursts of emotion
- playful intimacy in every track
- for spontaneous moments
- easy to digest in order
Maybe skip if you
- prefer longer, cohesive albums
- seek complex musical arrangements
Where this album fits
- Career context
- Released in early 2009, House-Sitting Songs marked Dev Hynes' first solo project after his departure from the band Test Icicles. At this stage, Hynes was exploring his identity as a solo artist while also developing the distinctive sound that would later define his work under the moniker Blood Orange.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Frank Ocean· James Blake· Toro y Moi
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Tonight You Belond to Me (feat. Charlotte Froom) 1:11
- 2 Saleri's Deposit 2:13
- 3 Baby Baby Nooooo 2:56
- 4 Keep Me in the Cold 2:22
- 5 Never in a Million Years 2:02
- 6 You Didn't See a Thing 1:48
- 7 Fire in the Ocean 1:54
- 8 I Can't Wait Anymore 2:26
- 9 Is This Really Me? 3:22
- 10 The Ainslie in Us All 2:08
- 11 Repetititititit 5:07
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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