Emerging singer-producer Khushi is heading into the weekend with the release of his debut solo album Strange Seasons. And it's a good one.

Sure, there's plenty of new music out this week, but the London artist, who is one-third of Variance favorite Strong Asian Mothers, shared his own LP on Friday and it's worth a listen. The 10-track project was actually mixed by none of than James Blake.

"I tried to find the most direct way to present the songs, with the arrangements building up when they needed to but being at their most simple and stripped down elsewhere," he says of the album, which was largely recorded in a shed in London over about six years. "I spent many long nights and days in the shed—it was a long but eventually deeply rewarding and emotional process."

He says Blake had heard and "fallen in love" with the record and offered to mix it, inviting Khushi to his home studio where they mixed the album together. Their time in the studio also led to further collaboration, with Khushi contributing to Blake's album Assume Form, released almost exactly a year ago, in addition to opening for Blake's tour in support of that record.

"This album is my entire heart and soul," says Khushi of the album. "It is the end of a very long journey and the start of a new one. I hope you enjoy it."

The record is simply outstanding. And it's definitely one of those you want to sit with and soak in without distractions, rather than play in the background while you do other things. 

Hear the album below.

Khushi's live schedule:
January 31 — Breaking Sound at Peppermint Club — Los Angeles, CA
March 4 — Imperial Vancouver — Vancouver, BC*
March 6 — Neptune Theater — Seattle, WA*
March 7 — Doug Fir — Portland, OR*
March 9 — Great American Music Hall — San Francisco, CA*
March 10 — Teragram — Los Angeles, CA*
March 12 — Crescent Ballroom — Phoenix, AZ*
March 15 — Bluebird — Denver, CO*
March 17 — Majestic Theatre — Madison, WI*
March 18 — Lincoln Hall — Chicago, IL*
March 20 — Exit In — Nashville, TN*
March 21 — Motorco Music Hall — Durham, NC*
March 22 — Terminal West — Atlanta, GA*
March 24 — Union Stage — Washington, DC*
March 25 — Underground Arts — Philadelphia, PA*
March 27 — Warsaw — Brooklyn, NY*
March 28 — Port City Music Hall — Portland, ME*
March 30 — Le D’Auteuil Hall — Quebec, QC*
March 31 — L’Astral — Montreal, QC*

* with Asgeir