LAVACHILD is a (mostly) Brooklyn based electronic collaboration between Friends' (the band) collaborator Nikki Shapiro and soulful singer Chantel Marie. Their ethereal single  "Want U To" (streaming) has the sophisticated lightness of an impressionistic painting, enriched by a voice that's beautifully expressive. The result is a sound that carves its own niche of influences in the current alt-soul NYC scene, and that will delight both the fans of Enya and Lauryn Hill. The band - unlike too many studio projects like this - is playing live regularly, you'll get a chance to see them at Pianos on December 2nd.

We added this song to The Deli's playlist of Best mellow songs by emerging NYC artists - check it out!