Now, the sophomore effort has landed, brimful of the same mix-and-match methodology that made their debut album so quirky.
Like motes of dust floating on shafts of warm, nostalgic light, Wildflower's 21 tracks (of which half a dozen fail to reach 90 seconds) are constantly shifting, reflecting a DJ-centric approach in which samples are sliced and diced and rearranged to expert effect in a kaleidoscopic soundscape in which comical, childish skits (The Noisy Eater) rub up against half-remembered dreams (Colours).
Stitched together with borrowed elements, it is both of this world and out of this world.
Inspired.
• The Avalanches. Wildflower. Modular/EMI.
• Four and a half stars (out of five)
Single download: Frankie Sinatra
For those who like: Beck, Gorillaz, The Dust Brothers
- Shane Gilchrist
