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2020 reissue, 2×12″ LP, Music on Vinyl. Limited pink translucent vinyl.
The music of Melbourne quartet Hiatus Kaiyote has always been fiendishly tricky to pin down, with 2015 album “Choose Your Weapon” – here reissued on shocking pink vinyl – being the most shapeshifting of the lot. While rooted in lo-fi soul, the album’s inventive, colourful and eccentric tracks often also touch on everything from future R&B, jazz, ambient and samba, to alternative rock, eight-bit computer game soundtracks, broken beat, slipped reggae and the similarly mixed-up fuzziness of Hot Chip. The fact that it all makes perfect sonic sense – or at least bristles with genuine musical thrills – is testament to the band’s production, performances and genuinely off-the-wall ideas. – Juno
