Curtis Harding

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In Atlanta in the early 2000s, Harding was part of the hip-hop group Proseed. He met singer CeeLo Green while doing promotion for LaFace Records, and he rapped on some songs off Green's 2002 album Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections along with several Proseed members. He toured with Green as a backing singer on the 2002 Smokin' Grooves Tour alongside Outkast, Cypress Hill, Lauryn Hill, and The Roots. He also sang on Green's 2010 album The Lady Killer, including co-writing the bonus track "Grand Canyon".

He moved to Toronto in 2008 to reinvigorate his musical creativity. While he was in Canada, he bought a guitar and began writing songs without commercial aspirations. He returned to Atlanta in 2009 and formed the band Night Sun, which mixes rhythm and blues and garage rock, with guitarist Cole Alexander of Black Lips, performing several shows in East Atlanta and Little Five Points. The band's lineup would grow to consist of Harding (vocals, guitar), Alexander (vocals, bass), drummer Joe Bradley of Black Lips, and Night Beats guitarist Danny Lee Blackwell. In 2013, the seasoned underground rock group recorded the single "No Pressure"/"On My Way" for the indie label Burger Records. Harding co-wrote "I Don't Wanna Go Home" with Jared Swilley originally for the Black Lips' 2014 album Underneath the Rainbow.

Harding spent two weeks at Living Room Studios in Atlanta recording twenty songs in 2014, twelve of which were included on his debut album, titled Soul Power and released by Burger Records on May 6, 2014. The album's reception was generally favorable, with critics noting its fusion of many musical genres. "Keep on Shining" was one of the singles the album produced; he performed the song live on the French talk show C à vous in February 2015.

While at The Growlers' annual Beach Goth festival, Harding met fashion photographer Hedi Slimane. Harding was recruited as the face of Yves Saint Laurent's Paris Music Project for 2015. For the project (in addition to portraits) Slimane produced a video featuring Harding and the song "Next Time" from Soul Power. He also photographed Harding for the album's cover.

His second album, Face Your Fear, was released by Anti- on October 27, 2017. He recorded the album at Danger Mouse's 30th Century Studio in New York City. Face Your Fear spent one week on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart at number 21. NPR Music named the album one of the best ten R&B albums of 2017. Music critic Ken Tucker said that Harding's earnestness in the album, tone and emphasis changes, and direct singing suggest both comfort in and knowledge of classic R&B.

Its opening track, "Wednesday Morning Atonement", was produced by Danger Mouse and Sam Cohen. Recorded on a Wednesday morning, the song is about a father missing his children, a metaphor for Harding's time neglecting to record another album. GQ's Shakeil Greeley described the album's title track ("Face Your Fear") as "the rare song that could soundtrack a wedding or a funeral, at once celebratory, sad, groovy, and of course, very soulful." Greeley wrote that the mood of the album ranges from classic soul in "On and On" and "Need Your Love" to sadness in "Welcome to My World", with a cinematic psychedelic feel to other songs. Harding performed "Need Your Love" as a guest musician with Stay Human on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in January 2018.

In advance of Harding's support of Lenny Kravitz on tour throughout 2018, Harding released the single "It's Not Over" on June 5. Clash's Robin Murray wrote that the song was "a driven return, a solid return". In 2019, Harding headlined the finale of Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina.

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