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2017, 2×12″ LP, Honest Jon’s Records.
Chicago eight-piece Hypnotic Brass Ensemble return with their first album in the best part of 10 years. Maturing with age, experience and decoration, they’re even more rich, measured and magic than ever before. Our souls are arrested from the moment the slow spell-binding arpeggio of “Lead The Way” ignites the smouldering journey and the dreamy drama doesn’t let up until the final whirling synth echoes of the finale track “Royalty”. Highlights include the yearning trumpets and pensive plucks of “Midnight”, the insistency and pace of “Heaven & Earth” and the playful swooning signature switches on “Now”. Once again, a truly singular trip from the Cohran brothers. Essential. – Juno
