Description
serpentwithfeet, AKA Josiah Wise, is a Baltimore-reared, NYC-based experimental R&B singer-songwriter whose arresting fashion (he sports a large septum ring and facial tattoos with the words “suicide” and “heaven”) and rapturous songs have generated significant buzz. Haunting, moody and tense, serpentwithfeet’s sound has been called “avant soul,” “future soul” and “post-club electronic”; he himself once gave it the label "pagan gospel." But it’s a skillful synthesis of a variety of styles, including folk, jazz, classical, electronic, gospel, pop, funk and avant-garde. In 2006, serpentwithfeet attended Philadelphia University of the Arts, studying classical voice. After a stint in Europe, he signed to Tri Angle Records where he released the Haxan Cloak-produced _blisters_ EP, which showcased his lithe, nimble tenor on gloomy songs about love and loss. Since then, serpentwithfeet has appeared as featured singer on the remix of Björk’s “Blissing Me” from her 2017 album _Utopia_.
