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On the other hand, when it comes to his rocky relationship with love, he’s impatient with time, as evidenced by his dark mus- ings throughout his debut. It’s clear that with Time, Ekko wanted to establish a dynamic sound for himself that both solidified the one we would have previously expected from him — the tender, emotional voice that worked in perfect harmony with the R&B lean- ings of “Stay” — and brought forth newer, less genre-specific settings for his voice to explore. Though this approach occa- sionally pays off, more often than not Ekko exudes a desire to prove he doesn’t fit into one Rihanna-established mold. This unfortunately gets in the way of what he does remarkably well, which is to croon hurtfully about love, time and heartache on soaring, midtempo, slightly left-of-center pop. On the title track, “Time,” Ekko does just that — over an orchestral backing, he uses his beautiful falsetto to prove his dedication to a rocky relation- ship. “Time doesn’t love you anymore / But I’m still knock- ing at your door,” he sings on the song’s bridge. It’s lyrics like these that exemplify his standing on the twisted affair between time and love. He doesn’t believe in waiting for a love that has become stag- nant because he sees waiting as harmful to the future of romance. However, he also recogniz- es the sometimes inescapable nature of waiting on “U,” another standout track. Over a simulta- neously ethereal and pulsating beat, Ekko acknowledges that there is a “long, long road to love” and sounds almost as though he’s channeling Ne-Yo. “Mourning Doves,” another dark midtempo track, continues this strong, self- assured sound but sees Ekko start to experiment a bit. Rusty screeching is littered throughout the verses, which foreshadows the change in sound coming in the album’s second half. “Riot” is a call to arms against the pressures time plac- es on love that strays a little bit too far into the realm of pop- rock. “Loner” is a bland, rock- tinged track that fails to take off about (you guessed it) being a loner. “Watch Me Rise,” though a better attempt at capturing a more effective rock sound, feels too much like a OneRepublic B-side and, thus, is out of place on Time. Ekko’s affinity for experi- mentation occasionally pays off, though — like on the static, distorted “Pressure Pills” and the twinkling, confident “Made Of Light” — and the album’s preoccupation with time and love provides it with a much- needed string of continuity. It’s clear that Ekko’s struggle to accept that waiting for love is a necessary evil is one that took him a long time — two years, to be sure — and for a chunk of Time, his struggle is one we want to listen to him sing about. Mikky Ekko has a clear wheelhouse that he excels in. It’s one that comes in the form of a midtempo ballad with a dark place, and it’s the same one that we heard the first time he sang with Rihanna. What’s also clear, though, is that Ekko is searching to expand upon that wheelhouse. Has he found a way to successfully do that? Not quite, and I’m not really sure he needs to. Only time will tell if he keeps looking. 2015 set to be a big year for blockbusters By BRIAN BURLAGE Daily Arts Writer Film in 2014 seemed to be largely about the human drama, as movies like “Boyhood,” “Selma” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (all Oscar favorites) told stories in a wholly new honest and human way. Many of the most critically acclaimed films relied on little CGI animation, instead opting for a more straightforward approach to cinematic grace. 2015, however, seems to prom- ise a different set of riches. Many of this year’s heavyweights exist now as big-budget, big-stick blockbust- ers waiting to rake in the millions (billions likely) — poised to smash box office records and ticket sales and reduce last year’s film pool into a puddle of rainwater. While this is, of course, not a bad thing, I predict that 2015 will be a year of computerized movie magic – but one of the strongest yet. “The Peanuts Movie” Though Bill Melendez, creator of the original “Peanuts” TV film series, passed away in 2008, his legacy will thrive in 2015. Melen- dez’s paramount voice work as Snoopy and Woodstock will be revived, as director Steve Mar- tino (“Ice Age: Continental Drift”) plans to integrate archival record- ings of the voices. Produced by Paul Feig (“Bridesmaids”), writ- ten by Charles M. Schulz’s sons Craig and Bryan and scored by Christophe Beck (“Frozen”), “The Peanuts Movie” will deliver all the charm and sentimentality of the original cartoon with the wit and animation effects of the modern age. “In the Heart of the Sea” Nathaniel Philbrick’s 2000 eponymous nonfiction book sets something astir in the mind of director Ron Howard, something like confidence. The story’s been told and retold a hundred times (most notably in Herman Mel- ville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick) but never with the technological capa- bilities of today. “In the Heart of the Sea” is a nautical tragedy, one that speaks to the fear all sailors face when confronted by one of nature’s most eminent forces: the sperm whale. The tragedy of the whaleship Essex is, as the trailer states, a story about men. And a demon. “Mad Max: Fury Road” It takes two full plays of the trailer to fully grasp everything that’s happening in director George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road,” the fourth installment in the Mad Max franchise. Specially engineered cars tear across the Australian desert as music from the previous century illustrates the terror of their flight. Men with facial deformities yell things like, “What a lovely day!” as they make chemical weapons out of gasoline and oil. Explosions, storms and strangeness abound in this fantas- tical flick. Prepare for anarchy. “Jurassic World” While Steven Spielberg’s origi- nal “Jurassic Park” film observed a variety of dinosaur species and focused mainly on the Tyranno- saurus Rex, “Jurassic World” will look at a few dinosaur species and focus mainly on the Velociraptor. Chris Pratt (“Guardians of the Gal- axy”) stars as Owen, a member of the theme park’s on-site staff who conducts behavioral research on the vicious Velociraptor species, and who seems to be able to con- trol them in some way. “Jurassic World” will add a more jarring and horrific element to the franchise’s already thrilling story. “St. James Place” Directed by Steven Spielberg (“Lincoln”), written by the Coen brothers (“No Country for Old Men”), starring Tom Hanks (“Cap- tain Phillips”), shot by Janusz Kaminski and edited by Michael Kahn (the team that brought you the unforgettable reality of “Sav- ing Private Ryan”). “St. James Place” is a spy thriller based on the 1960 U-2 Incident. Be ready. Be excited. “The Revenant” Alejandro González Iñárritu, who directed last year’s comedy- drama sensation “Birdman,” will return this year with “The Rev- enant,” a story about the life of American frontiersman Hugh Glass. Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio, “Wolf of Wall Street”) was a fur trapper and adventurer renowned for his exploits in the American West throughout the 19th century. The film will focus mainly on his expedition with Ashley’s Hundred (a band of 100 people), in which Glass was mauled by a grizzly bear, crawled more than 200 miles to Fort Kiowa, recovered and sought the revenge of those who left him behind. “Avengers: Age of Ultron” Big budget, big sequel, big characters, big action, big stakes. “Sisters” Though this film’s premise seems to draw a bit (or a lot) from the 2008 comedy hit “Step Brothers,” it certainly promises its fair share of laughs, gags and memorable lines. Director Jason Moore has made a career on Broadway and directed his debut film in 2012 with “Pitch Perfect,” a combination of music, fun per- formances and wild theatrics. “Sisters” stars Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph, a trio of Saturday Night Live comedi- ans so funny and so right for each other, this film is bound to be a home run. “Ricki and the Flash” If the writer of “Juno” (Dia- blo Cody), the director of “The Silence of the Lambs” (Jona- than Demme) and Meryl Streep announced that they had a movie in the works, would you believe them? What would you imagine? “Ricki and the Flash” answers both of those questions. Streep (“Into the Woods”) is set to play Ricki, an aging rock star who abandoned her family to become a famous musician. Ricki’s life takes an even greater dramatic turn when her ex-husband Pete (Kevin Kline, “The Conspirator”) asks her to visit Chicago in order to help their estranged, divorced daughter Julie (Mamie Gummer, “Cake”) through a difficult time. “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” You’d think they could come up with a better title. J. J. Abrams (“Star Trek”), Lawrence Kasdan (“Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark”), Adam Driv- er (“Frances Ha”), Oscar Isaac (“Inside Llewyn Davis”), Andy Serkis (“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”), the entire main cast of the original films, John Williams, George Lucas and practically all the forces of a galaxy far, far away, and they come up with, “The Force Awakens.” Well, personal qualms aside, this film seems to reinvigo- rate all the themes and tropes that made the original trilogy so popu- lar. I just hope Kasdan and Abrams bring back Jar Jar Binks. ALBUM REVIEW RCA RECORDS “I want you to stay, I want you to stay, I want you to stayyyyyy.” B Time Mikky Ekko RCA Records A complicated relationship with time. FILM NOTEBOOK WARNER BROS. PICTURES I miss my Thor hair.