Prience (Prince) Moore and his No You And Me (Without The Kids) do not pass through your speakers, they establish themselves. It is that kind of a song that comes softly in the room and before you realize it, it is sitting next to you asking some soft questions on love and life. Moore is a Seattle artist who has the ability to make the commonplace touchingly profound. There is that pure, home-grown sincerity of his words, the wisdom of people who have experienced what they are singing.
The song exists in that well-known conflict between love and responsibility - that tug and pull between the individual that you fell in love with and the life you have created together. It is a personal, yet not dramatic, one. Rather, it is like the silent sighing when the children have gone to sleep and the house has finally shut down. The song breathes in those little spaces, those honest places.
Moore's voice is pure soul. It is not attempting to impress you, it is telling you the truth. It has a coziness in it, and a touch of battered, such as an old hoodie that fits itself somehow better over time. He has the confidence of a person who has experienced love alter form, and still believes in it. The music swings about him--calm, constant, reassuring--covers his narration with a warm blanket. It is that type of a song that is enough to make you nod without consciously doing so, that makes you hum, "yeah, I know that feeling."
The arrangement is a gorgeous restraint, which was produced by Michael Miller at Unlimitedtalents. The drums are falling clean, the keys shine enough and all is where it should be. There is room in the blend--space where the feeling can be drawn and pulled. The hook does not explode when it comes, it blows. Slowly. Naturally. As of a memory that seeks its path back to you. It has the classic R&B grace, like Babyface, but with the stamp of grace of Moore himself, in a quiet manner.
And it leaves this sweet pain, not doldness, but cognizance, when it ceases. It is the type which lingers in your mind as you clean the plates or commute to the office in the dark. That is the magic of what Moore does here: he takes the true, adult love in all of its subjectivity and dedication. No You And Me (Without The Kids) is a reminder of what we have as a couple even when life is tough. It is music that whispering lingers.
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