OVER THE PAST four years, with only a mixtape and an EP to her name, L.A.’s Kelela has amassed a fan base including Solange, Björk, and Damon Albarn. Now, she’ll release her official debut, Take Me Apart, a sorta-concept record about a breakup that expertly mixes ’90s R&B, electronics, and psychedelic soul. She promises her follow-up won’t take so long: “From [Take Me Apart], I learned that I know what I’m doing and what my shit is. It was, ‘Kels, you said it was A in the beginning, then you went to B, you entertained his idea on C, you tried her idea on D, and it’s actually just A.’ I had to go through all that madness so next time I could be like, ‘No, I’m pretty sure it’s…
