Flying Lotus Until the Quiet Comes (2 Lp's)

Flying Lotus Until the Quiet Comes (2 Lp's)Rewarding as it was for most lovers of 1983 and Los Angeles, Cosmogramma was so complex and knotted that Steven Ellison's next step could have gone beyond the challenging and into the self parodic. On his fourth album, Ellison not only peels away layers from his sound but organizes his tracks into a gracefully flowing sequence. The producer once again draws from numerous instrumentalists and vocalists, from Brainfeeder associates Stephen "Thundercat"

the Velvet Underground's second album

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while the deranged singalong of "Is She Weird" sat alongside the first single

Regina Spektor assists Hutz on the title track

is now a globally beloved indie- pop icon

and pop culture aficionados divided about her detached

~ Tim Sendra

bassist/vocalist Charles Michael Parks

blazing punk jam with soaring violins

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while "Corn Mouth" is a jumble of techno shrapnel

Some songs feel like direct descendants of the band's debut: "Evil Eye" gives the gut-punching beats of "Take Me Out" a campy twist with mischievous keyboards destined to make it the coolest song on the Halloween party playlist