Dean Blunt Black Metal (Vinyl)

This second solo album from former Hype Williams man Dean Blunt is easily the most ambitious record hes ever made. 2013s The Redeemer was impressive, but full of the easily recognisable lo-fi dub, rap, krautrock and R&B sounds carried over from his work with Inga Copeland in his previous band.

Black Metal however, is a tour de force that obliterates its predecessor.

Jangly opener Lush features vocalist Joanne Robertson and sounds like The Brian Jonestown Massacre, as does 100. Elsewhere, there are excursions into electronic jazz (Hush, Grade), soulful mixtures of folk and hip-hop (50 Cent, Blow), and noisy unclassifiable flights of fancy (Country, Hush).

Forever and X form an epic centrepiece, two tracks that merge into a dirge of saxophones, broken beats and maudlin piano, ending with Blunt lamenting, He aint never coming back.

Complex, original and even sincere, its a brilliant new departure. (N.M.E.)

2 x LP, 180 gram

Tracklist:
A1 Lush
A2 50 Cent
A3 Blow
A4 100
A5 Heavy
A6 Molly & Aquafina
B1 Forever
C1 X
C2 Punk
D1 Country
D2 Hush
D3 Mersh
D4 Grade