The compass Jamie gave us seems to be broken; it leads us straight into troubled waters. Lidells fourth album is brimful with diverse influences and genres, ranging from Sly Stone to The Stooges, from Funk to Punk – sometimes even in the same track, like with “Gypsy Soul”. The times when Jamie Lidell tried to concentrate on only some of these references seem to be over; instead he shows us the full range of his musical schizophrenia. But since Beck was the assistant producer on this record this new change in Lidell’s sound is no surprise and very convincing.

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