{"id":68277,"date":"2020-07-23T14:08:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T12:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=68277"},"modified":"2026-04-16T00:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:42:35","slug":"beau-diako-animal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/beau-diako-animal\/","title":{"rendered":"Beau Diako &#8211; Animal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you find yourself jaded by music that recycles the same handful of sounds and vibes? Will one more R&amp;B track whose appeal starts and ends with its \u201csmoothness\u201d send you over the edge? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you\u2019re either a music blogger or just somebody whose mental health will benefit greatly thanks to the latest offering from England\u2019s <strong>Beau Diako<\/strong>. \u201cAnimal\u201d is refreshingly difficult to pin down &#8211; an exotic blend of pop, R&amp;B, and electronic that fuses ingenious instrumentation with fearlessly silky vocals.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/846111898&#038;color=%23cc8c7c&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/beaudiakowicz\" title=\"Beau Diako\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beau Diako<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/beaudiakowicz\/animal\" title=\"Animal\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Animal<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I love the idea of any song that was born out of a \u201cnew love for the nylon string guitar\u201d, such as Beau describes here. For lack of a better term, the production on \u201cAnimal\u201d is just dripping with pure, uncut musicianship. It\u2019s jazzy and complex, a little left-field but entirely natural, happy to hit you with some unexpected flair&nbsp; and give you what feels right in equal doses.&nbsp; Pair that with the constantly intriguing melodies and lyrics being laid down by collaborator <strong>COCO<\/strong>, and you\u2019ve got a track that\u2019s the perfect remedy for even the worst case of music fatigue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Drinking with you <br>I go to a primal state of mind<br>And I say what I feel<br>And you want the truth<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  width=\"940\"  height=\"940\"  data-attachment-id=\"68286\"  data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/beau-diako-animal\/beaudiako_animal_kaf010_cover-1\/\"  data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BeauDiako_Animal_KAF010_Cover-1.jpg?fit=1500%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\"  data-orig-size=\"1500,1500\"  data-comments-opened=\"1\"  data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1589797817&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\"  data-image-title=\"Beau Diako &amp;#8211; 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but finding something different that delivers all of the satisfaction of something familiar is even better. \u201cAnimal\u201d comes through on every level &#8211; so why not give it a spin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/701513275&#038;color=%23545464&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/beaudiakowicz\" title=\"Beau Diako\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beau Diako<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/beaudiakowicz\/flamingo-feat-jordan-rakei-1\" title=\"Flamingo (feat. Jordan Rakei)\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flamingo (feat. Jordan Rakei)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/661894037&#038;color=%23c67989&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/beaudiakowicz\" title=\"Beau Diako\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beau Diako<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/beaudiakowicz\/buttermilk\" title=\"Buttermilk (feat. Emawk)\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buttermilk (feat. 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