Really, really fast reviews.

Okay, I will try and sum up a few recent releases in a paragraph each, for an extra post before I’m off to London; then Birmingham for the Heaven 17 concert!! I will try and get a review done for that afterwards, but I’m sure it’ll be really awesome. ;3

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Jamiroquai – Rock Dust Light Star

The masters of funk-pop return with their first all-new album in five years. Jason Kay remains the soulful, catchy singer we know and love, and it’s not too much of a departure from their formula – so it’s certainly a safe buy if you’ve heard them before. Though it will take a while to get into if you’re used to their style displayed in Dynamite, trust me; it’s worth the few listens.

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Angelspit – Larva Pupa Tank Coffin

The most impossibly cool cyberpunks are back, with the Hideous and Perfect remix album. A full first listening points to ruin – and that’s exactly how they planned it! Sure; it seems that the band’s programming (their own ‘Ditch The Rest’ remix, as an example) far outshine that of their guest remixers, but that doesn’t stop the album from being a great, pretty epic buy. And it’s not just remixes – there are four original tracks, including the nightmarish piece of genius that is ‘Not Born, Hatched’ and the ultra-catchy, classically Angelspit ‘Twenty6hundred’.

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I:Scintilla – Dying & Falling

There is no doubt that Optics is going to be a pretty difficult album to beat, and there is no doubt that this release has just fallen short of it. But the unique stylings of the band have come to save them, for Dying & Falling is in its own right a satisfying listen, even for a band who have set such a high standard for themselves.

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Done! Okay, if that was TL;DR for you, here’s something quicker: BUY THESE ALBUMS. They are all a bit flawed but you won’t regret the purchase.

Moni x