Intentions: Clear Vinyl LP

Label: International Anthem
Release Date: 25th September

I've seen the future and I envision Megiapa's debut album 'Intentions' being labelled the future funk neo-soul album of the year. It's oozy woozy like FlyLo, the basslines are deep, funky and supple, there's a psychedelic soul that nods to Shuggie Otis, the sexy grooves of D'Angelo, a smattering of Badu and cosmic meldings of Rotary Connection. This is the past, present and future of psychedelic soul. 

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Intentions, the debut of LA-via-Chicago beat maker, composer, and multi-instrumentalist megiapa, is a 40 minute master class in synth-heavy, jazz-informed Neo-soul.

megiapa's lush and emotionally layered album feels less like a collection of songs and more like a living archive of transformation. Across its warm synths, fluttering basslines, meditative voice notes and spiritual grooves, the Los Angeles-based producer, vocalist and composer maps the uncertain terrain between heartbreak, healing, fear, and surrender.

The album's title is genuine.

"The record is literally my intentions," she says. "It's a representation of my intentions, my dreams over the last five years or so."

Those years carried the weight of upheaval: the pandemic, the collapse of a long-term relationship, a move away from Chicago, and the disorientation that follows when the structure of your life suddenly disappears beneath you. But Intentions never sounds defeated. Instead, it radiates the quiet confidence of someone learning to trust herself in real time.