Angel's Pulse
Angel's Pulse is a mixtape by Dev Hynes as Blood Orange. It was released via Domino Recording Company on 12 July 2019. It is his first release since his fourth studio album "Negro Swan" (2018). Originally released digitally, it was later released on compact disc, vinyl, and cassette tape on 4 October 2019. Promotion. At "The Late Late Show with James Corden" on 16 April 2019, Dev Hynes performed "Something to Do" and "Dark & Handsome" for the first time. A music video for "Benzo" was released on 15 July 2019. It was directed by Dev Hynes  himself. In the video, Ian Isiah portrays as an aristocrat, while Hynes portrays as a cellist. A music video for "Dark & Handsome" was released on 28 October 2019. Directed by Dev Hynes, the video includes a brief appearance from Toro y Moi, who is also featured on the song. Critical reception. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the mixtape received an average score of 73, based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Ann-Derrick Gaillot of "Pitchfork" gave the mixtape an 8.0 out of 10, writing, "while 2016's  Freetown Sound and 2018's "Negro Swan" are cinematic both in their production and overarching themes, "Angel's Pulse", Blood Orange's shortest collection of songs, feels like scanning radio stations in a lovingly nostalgic memory straight from the '90s and early '00s." Wilf Skinner of "Clash" described it as "a short mix of impressionistic sketches chock-full of collabs and spanning all manner of genres." Personnel. Credits adapted from liner notes.