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Lophae’s 2nd album of the year is culled from the same sessions that led to their brilliant debut ‘Perfect Strangers’. Going deeper into the extraordinarily rich improvisational skills of the quartet, the Greg Sanders led outfit of Tom Herbert, Sam Rapley and Ben Brown have delivered another impressive collection of instrumental songs with elements of South African township jazz, West African guitar wizardry and a singular rhythmic complexity that is as thoughtful as it is immediate. Wonderful.
Favorite track: Little House.