Simmer in the Slow-Burn Soul of Wolf Richards’ Latest Single, Take It Slow –

Wolf Richards poured RnB, old-school hip-hop, and sun-kissed polyphonic afrobeat catharsis into one simmering pot on Take It Slow, a track that moves with the confidence of an artist who already knows the temperature of his own sound. There is soul in the grain of it, in the pacing, in the way the arrangement opens its arms and lets the temperate groove do the heavy lifting.

The independent instrumentalist and songwriter has always exhibited a superlative ability to find the warmth in nostalgia and reshape it into retro-futuristic neo-soul while holding tight to the rhythmic backbone of hip-hop, but with this release, he reached his steamy zenith.

Take It Slow works as a slow-burn invitation into his world, shifting from gritty, grimy bars into soul-swallowing harmonies with the same rich reach that makes Teddy Swims such a force. The track has that rare alchemic elasticity where one texture never cancels another out. Instead, the elements lean into each other and deepen the pull.

Born in Munich and now based in Brazil, Wolf Richards started out on guitar and bass before studying at GIT in Los Angeles and writing across pop, rock, jazz, fusion, bossa nova, hip-hop, and RnB; that breadth and proof he’s cut his teeth to a razor-sharp level of prestige runs through Take It Slow.

Take It Slow is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify.

 Review by Amelia Vandergast