Regardless of what plays out onscreen, Miami shows an inventive collective in the act of reinvention, their recorded output transitioning from concepts to compositions to living breathing body-moving songs.
Miami is by some measure Brandt Brauer Frick’s darkest record, giving freer reign to a creeping angst that’s often lurked in the trio’s discography.
Famous friends aside (and there are a hell of a lot on here) 'Miami' is mostly a brilliantly wild-eyed, visceral effort.
The album plays out like a film set in a dystopic future Miami, one where the lines between organic and mechanic have faded considerably.
‘Miami’ is a record that is hard to get a handle on at times, but it is all the more resonant for it when you eventually fall under its spell.
Miami frustrates and falls well short in terms of capturing hearts as readily as it will minds.
Brand Brauer Frick are unquestionably a force to be reckoned with, yet they seem unsure exactly what direction to take