Four Tet
'There Is Love in You'
Laptop jazzbo leaps back into the melodic.
Ever since Kieran Hebden dropped the idyllic laptop classic Rounds in 2003, he's chased his free jazz muse almost exclusively, collaborating with percussionist Steve Reid on a handful of thorny improv albums and layering chaotic skronks on 2005's Everything Ecstatic. But while he name-checks fiery saxophonist Albert Ayler on "Love Cry," the track's steady, nine-minute crest signals Hebden's return to meticulous melodicism. A glitchy throb propels "Sing," while tracks like the warm, burbling "This Unfolds" and "She Likes to Fight" (built from gentle guitars and clockwork chimes) signal Four Tet's full-circle journey.
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