Sango is a producer from Seattle who has been releasing music since 2010 at a very steady pace. We last heard from him just one year ago, when he released De Mim, Pra Voce. Now he comes back with his new full-length album, In The Comfort Of.

In The Comfort Of is a bit of a strange and ultimately disappointing album. As the album begins, we start off with some downtempo tracks that are fine, but ultimately kind of forgettable. They just sound a little bit generic. As we get to “Mateo 2. 19,” featuring Romaro Franceswa and Dave B, things start to sound a little more exciting and interesting, which made me think that Sango just needed the vocal collaborations to give his production something to play off of and kick the energy level up a notch. Unfortunately, as the album progresses, it starts to become clear that it’s not that simple either. Most of the vocal contributions are fairly generic as well, and we’re just pumping out a lot of unimaginative R&B songs about love. Every once in a while, there will be hints that Sango is capable of doing more, such as on “Dance For Blessings,” which gets into some house/jungle territory, and suddenly it feels like there’s a spark to Sango’s creativity as he develops these dance grooves very well. Every time we get a moment like this, though, it’s short lived, and we go back to this uninspired world of downtempo R&B.

Sango has some talent, to be sure, but he also needs inspiration, whether that be on his own end to really push his production to the next level or with collaborators who are going to come in and add something unique to the music, not just forgettable lyrics that sound like they were gotten from an R&B word generator. It would be one thing is this was some young and inexperienced producer, but someone like Sango should really be holding himself to a higher standard at this point in his career.