内容摘要：Randle, who had his first off night of this postseason in a Game 2 performance so disjointed he was benched for the fourth quarter, had his fire back — and his signature fadeaway.

Randle, who had his first off night of this postseason in a Game 2 performance so disjointed he was benched for the fourth quarter, had his fire back — and his signature fadeaway.

“The Hours: Morning” follows Clay’s 2023 biographical album “Karpeh” (titled after his given name, Joshua Karpeh) and joins a discography that shows his instrumental and vocal prowess. Clay’s moody, breakout track, 2017’s “Cold War,” was interpolated by Swift on “London Boy” for” shortly after it featured in a scene in Olivia Wilde’s coming-of-age

His 2021 song “Wildfire” accumulated tens of millions of streams on its own before being covered by Rosé of the mega-popularIt’s a simple idea, framing songs around eight morning hours, but the structure of “The Hours: Morning” allows for complex sonic exploration. Clay tasked himself with producing a distinct sound for each, emulating a specific mentality associated with the hour.The smooth R&B opener “Tokyo Lift (5 am)” embraces early morning limbo, in his case, the afterglow of late-night karaoke. Unburdened by the realities of the day — “You’re in denial / But I’m not talking ‘bout a river,” Clay sings in a raspy, whispered tone — the mood is light, the production mellow and synth-heavy. A flute solo adds brightness to the final verse, like a bird’s call meeting the morning sun.

“Traffic (7 am)” starts with a string of relationship reflections. “Every morning felt like traffic / Brain full of static,” he begins, eventually arriving at a sensual chorus of overlapping vocals. “It’s like poetry,” Clay sings, “I felt the hair on my skin / Raising when you crashed in / To me.” The song is capped by Clay’s crisp saxophone.Bass guitar adds funk to “Amber (11 am).” And by “Smoke Break (12 pm),” the EP’s closer, Clay’s voice is more pronounced. The drumbeats behind them, quicker.

Clay isn’t restricted by his hourly

Each song is engaging enough to exist outside of its designated time block, free of its parenthetical label. But together, Clay creates a colorful world — a morning listeners will want to wake up early for.The heiau, a stone platform and traditional place of worship, sat in “benign neglect” for over 100 years, says Jenny Leung, the center’s cultural site manager. Stones fell into weeds. Rubber trees and night-blooming cereus grew in the cracks. Center staff worked with the Hawaii State Historic Preservation office on an archeological survey before removing foliage and restacking the stones.

Now, the heiau and gardens are open to visitors, more than half of whom are local schoolchildren, says Leung.In three to five years, the center hopes to open the doors of the historic home itself to visitors, says Lisa Solomine, the executive director.

“It’s like building a museum from scratch,” she says. The closets still contain shopping boxes and old shoes, says Leung.Community members across the state and beyond have offered help, Solomine says.