Page 110 - FULL BOOK Isata Kanneh-Mason Childhood Tales

Part one alone vaults from the beefy bass and dreamy vocals of Wishbone to
soulful house banger Complete Me, with guest vocals by Self Esteem, via the

foreboding synths and martial drums of Osaka to beseeching rap track

Hands High and the astral ambience of Lunar Vibrations.

The spare hypnotic techno of Back 2 Back is a rare example of restraint in

arrangement; elsewhere, the band cannot resist adding jazzy flute and
Clanger-like whistles to expansive electro number Squid Inc.

Queens of the Stone Age

Jack Penate delivers one of the strongest guest vocals, floating gracefully

over the hands-in-the-air celebration of No Time. There is more of that
Tame Impala-style airy summer pop on A New Way Through but elsewhere

Dumdrum evokes Sparks in their hectic disco era and Slipstream the Giorgio

Moroder-influenced propulsion of early Simple Minds, pushing the band
into new but welcome territory.

The standard remains high across Off Planet’s 80 minutes, with some
highlights saved until the end. Black Cadillac is quite the journey, blending

gothic dubby bass and Afropunk sax trills but Django Django still have

enough creative juice left in the tank to go out on the hooky Gazelle with its
loping piano pattern and woozy strings.