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The DIP is a Seattle-based Rhythm and Blues band that is known for it s poignant songwriting, detailed arrangements, and vintage sound. Featuring a three-piece horn section, the group s music harkens back to earlier soul and funk influences while hinting at the jazz foundations that brought the band s members together. Love Direction, the follow-up to 2022 s Sticking With It (which landed at #1 on the Billboard Current R&B Albums Chart) is the band s fourth full-length studio album. Despite the title, this latest record isn t a collection of straightforward love songs, but an investigation into the different angles and challenges that relationships can bring. Expanding on the album s theme, Eddy notes These aren t Love Songs in the most obvious sense. They deal with the middle stages, the hinterlands of love and life together – figuring someone out and what they need, learning how to communicate, and examining your own faults. We set out to write music that felt more grown, a little wiser. The songs that emerged all pointed in the Love Direction.