When the opener of your debut album is something as magnificent as...well...'The Magnificent Moon', you know it's the start of something wondrous.
"Phase" is more of a map to the stars than it is a blueprint for anything on the *ground* persay, but regardless, its a proficient groovy display of psychy soft rock, jazz fusion, electronic, and even a tad of disco.
After all, what's a journey into space without a four-to-the-floor soundtracking your way into the deep reaches of the outer cosmos? Xtra Happy
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell
"Automatic" couldn't be a better sequel if you tried - it delivers on what made "Phase" great, but also expands on that psych-funk-jazz fusion to give a couple new hints of flavour.
The title track has a great synth beat with those vocoded vocals, 'Downstream' is perfect for a poolside lounge, but 'Memory Palace' is hands down my favourite here - that 90s house-style piano man, it's so upbeat, righteous and makes for a perfect rhythm for the lads to jam over.
Flawless album, cover to cover. Xtra Happy