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MojoOct 3, 2018While there's a sense that Jungle lack the invention of Young Fathers, whose vocals they echo, or Thundercat, whose disaffection they share, For Ever's Sunset Strip soap opera is always compelling. [Nov 2018, p.91]
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Sep 14, 2018It’s an album which is not sure whether it wants to be happy or sad; to accept the inevitable nothingness of existence or keep searching for answers.
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Sep 13, 2018Despite a four-year wait, the songs on their second album, For Ever, still sound like understudies for Mark Ronson mega-hits.
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Sep 13, 2018Album stand-outs ‘Heavy, California’ and ‘Happy Man’ would have slotted into the last LP seamlessly and, considered as a whole, For Ever feels like an opportunity missed.
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Sep 13, 2018Jungle have largely played it safe here; the feelgood alt-funk of ‘Heavy, California’ could sit seamlessly alongside anything from their debut, while the ominous nocturnal strut of single ‘Happy Man’ is just ‘Busy Earnin” Mk II.
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Q MagazineSep 12, 2018Somewhat muted follow-up. [Oct 2018, p.111]
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Sep 20, 2018Their reedy, one-note falsettos barely have the range for dance tracks that ask almost nothing of them, and For Ever’s mopier material is at odds with the very specific, frivolous itch that listeners come to this band to scratch. Jungle fare best when they stick to the grooves.
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Sep 17, 2018This music still tends to slip into the background, affable but never striking.
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