Common Holly's sophomore album, When I say to you Black Lightning, is out at the end of the week. The Montreal musician has shared a handful tracks already, including "Central Booking," "Joshua Snakes," and "Measured," and today Brigitte Naggar is sharing one final single from the album, "Crazy Ok." Its central refrain of…

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"You unbuttoned your shirt, and I looked at your heart," Brigitte Naggar intones at the start of her new Common Holly song, followed by a stunning silence that feels much longer than three seconds. When the music finally resumes, she continues: "Then you showed me your lungs, yeah you pulled them apart." It's a captivating…