BEAK>

With the news of Geoff Barrow’s imminent exit fresh in our minds, Beak>’s 4th studio record of carefully-building, synapse-tickling, experimental rock juggernauts is now imbued with a fervent sense of melancholy.

6 years on from an album that received HEAVY rotation on the Resident stereo, the Beak> boys have re-emerged with a gold-plated slab of sonic supremacy, seemingly out of nowhere. It’s the sort of intricately meshed work that you can spend hours intellectualising or simply allow yourself to be overwhelmed by on a purely visceral level. Its thick rampaging grooves, which propel us and the album along as if we’re sprawled atop a lilo riding the raging current of a river fixing to bust its banks, are delivered with the sort of laser-precision modelled by Barrow’s dearly departed pooch, Alfie, on the front cover.

It’s hard not to get caught up in the flow of it all. And why would you want to resist? Especially when the journey is so spangled, dreamy, and enticing. So, if you like your kosmische rhythms served with ear-catching, wonky electronics that allude to entire planets of sound, you’ll want to get involved with this ASAP... Dip your beak, as it were.

Our Dan says: "Everybody knows that I love Beak>! After hearing the first track off the album (‘Strawberry Line’), I knew it was going to be a great listen. Sadly this will be the last Beak> album with Geoff Barrow, but what a legacy - a back catalogue filled with bangers! If you haven’t heard this album (or any of Beak>’s previous output), then do yourself a favour and check them out."