What is this noirpop? Pop on over to those interwebs, do a search for Shayfer James, and you have found it. And I promise you, you will never be the same. An amazing blend of haunting and emotional vocals expertly laced through delicately pounding and softly touching piano work. Combine this with his mischievousness in storytelling, and what you walk away with is amazing and different. It's something new and something old simultaneously. It's Shayfer James. Try as I might, I can't find a category that accurately depicts exactly what this music is, but it moves me. Oh, how it moves me. Flashback to September of 2010. I accompanied my best friend and super terrestrial rock DJ Lindsay Klein to a battle of the bands she was helping to judge at Parlay Studios in Jersey City. A converted warehouse now serving as a studio, gallery, and event venue, I was enthralled in all the energy of the many people that milled around inside. Lindsay went off to her judging duties, and
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