Meme Magazine

This is the perfect album review to finish the year off with – hypnotising, entrancing jazz tinged with hip hop and electronica – ideal for dark evenings and a glass of something strong. This type of genre-melding can go horribly wrong but these four chaps from Bristol have made such a good job of it it’s surprising that they’re not more famous than they are. The band consists of Simon Adcock on piano and theremin, Jake Wittlin on turntable, Rob Childs on double bass, and Sam Muscat on drums. Each of the 7 tracks, between 4 and 9 minutes long, are never self-indulgent, nor are they in any way quirky. This is simply beautiful jazz music with a modern twist: ‘Kulde’ is reminiscent of the smoky clubs of Ben Webster’s time; ‘Love’s Madness’ has scratch vocals over a mesmerising piano riff; and the closing track, ‘Zill Bell’ takes such an unhurried, minimalist approach that when it finally builds to a close it is like waking from some sublime dream. This is an extremely accomplished album that will be your friend right the way through the cold winter nights. ‘Lund Quartet’ is out now on AFutureWithout.

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