nuki

Ichiko is my favorite artist period, so you can bet your ass I enjoyed the album. The singles are all fabulous, unfortunately the LP as a whole just feels too short and sparse to meet my lofty standards for a highly-awaited follow up to Windswept Adan.

Scratches an itch I never knew I had. Like a modern take on The Avalanches, condensed into the sweetest ear hooks.

Album of the year for sure. What an experience this is! Geordie Greep's creative control over this project manages to add an extra layer of eccentricity to Black Midi's already challenging body of work. I love the ever-broadening range of genres and influences that's manifested here, and it's all so well paced and sonically diverse that it doesn't leave me bored at any point. The expression of the album's central theme gets so deranged that it makes me ... read more

Giving it a couple of months after the hype, I must admit it's grown on me quite a lot. What this album really does best at is polishing the formula that Parannoul has used for songs from his previous albums before, catchy and nostalgic sounding choruses over a well put together mix of acoustic and electronic instrumentation and of course that noisy wall of fuzz. It doesn't beat After the Magic or To See the Next (...) in terms of giving me songs that stand out, but it's still a ... read more