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"What’s most striking about II, though, is the music. While it’s as loose and undulating as anything they’ve done, it feels noticeably brighter, as if it was recorded after a particularly enjoyable holiday somewhere bathed in blistering sunshine. There’s still a woozy feel about the sound, but the guitars and synths seem sharper, lazier and jazzier. Even the album’s more uptempo moments – the glistening, deliciously loose “Sun Gun” and standout album closer “Samba da Machona”, a study in heavy Latin percussion, dub bass and cascading synthesizers – come bathed in the life-affirming rays of the sun."
- Juno Plus on the Gala Drop LP |
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