With Lemon Jelly opening the commercial floodgates for a more lighthearted form of downtempo, Dan Carey (Ivor Novello nominee for co-writing and co-producing Kylie’s “Slow”) and Rob Da Bank (Sunday Best founder and Radio 1 chill-out specialist) up the ante with an imaginative cast of collaborators. Roddy Frame steals the show with the uplifting “Western Skies”, Lee “Scratch” Perry spouts coded politics on the title track, while the up-and-coming Estelle’s melodic hip hop brings soul to the party.
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