Sir Woman Evokes the Great Roller Disco Anthems of Yesteryear on Her Funk-Inflected Pop Song “Making Love”

SirWoman1_sm — Sir Woman, photo courtesy the artist

Kelsey Wilson of Wild Child and Glorietta uses a sort of funk sound palette to craft a 70s A.M. radio R&B-inflected pop on “Making Love,” her second single with new project Sir Woman. The insistent electronic tambourine, warbling, Worrell-esque synth and fluid, soft-edged bass line sounds like the kind of disco song you wish you would have heard at skating rinks in their heyday in the 1970s. Wilson deftly navigates that aesthetic with lyrics that reflect a modern sensibility on the nature of gender and relationships. The swagger expressed in the song is framed in a way that inverts the misogynistic viewpoint of a lot of music of the era it’s invoking while casting no judgments as there is something about that vibe and that way of songwriting that has resonance for the present. Listen to “Making Love” on Soundcloud and follow Sir Woman on Spotify. Look for the debut Sir Woman album Party City out soon.