Детали релиза : Mount Kimbie - The Sunset Violent (2024) [FLAC (tracks)]

After Mount Kimbie released 2022's MK 3.5: Die Cuts | City Planning, a double solo album split between left-field hip-hop/R&B and hissy abstract techno, core members Dominic Maker and Kai Campos were officially joined by longtime touring musicians Andrea Balency-Béarn and Marc Pell. The Sunset Violent marks Mount Kimbie's return to making guitar-driven post-punk songs, but even this feels like more of a straightforward rock album than Cold Spring Fault Less Youth or Love What Survives. Synths and electronic beats (specifically a singular LinnDrum) are still a major part of the group's sound, but they come across as a rock band rather than a dance act. Driving opener "The Trail" has scratchy guitars, flute-like synths, and Stereolab-like wordless vocals, and "Dumb Guitar" is a breezy combination of escapism and self-doubt bringing Nabihah Iqbal to mind. "Shipwreck" sets some of the album's most direct lyrics of romantic longing to angular hooks, coming across as both tense and reassuring. Past guest King Krule returns on two songs, the dreamy "Boxing" and the gloomy yet jangly "Empty and Silent," and while he sounded hard-nosed and aggressive on his previous appearances on Mount Kimbie records, here he seems to go with the flow. "A Figure in the Surf" is an upbeat but detached tune expressing alienation yet also finding comfort in the daily routine. Though there are a few more abstract pieces -- like the brief, scattered "Got Me" -- as a whole, The Sunset Violent focuses on impressionistic snapshots and daydream-like reflections. It's easily the most unified record Mount Kimbie has produced, especially in stark contrast to their previous effort.

Releases April 5, 2024