- Record Label: Dead Oceans
- Release Date: Jul 30, 2021
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Aug 9, 2021As a unit, the ten tracks on Private Space put funk in a kimono and send it out on the dancefloor with nothing to hide. Don’t delay: dial up the new one from the Indications, then get up and start moving with it.
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Jul 30, 2021Private Space is a honeyed slice of the retro-soul with pop leanings from Durand Jones & The Indications as they continue to mine the 60’s and 70’s for inspiration.
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Jul 30, 2021It’s immersive and ambiguous, these tales belong to you as much as they do the person next to you on the train.
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Jul 30, 2021Downbeat moments are more than tempered by the songs’ life-affirming positivity. They tantalisingly anticipate catharsis, and are assembled and delivered with hope, love and affection.
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MojoJul 29, 2021A lofty ambition [songs to heal some souls], perhaps, but one this resonant and deeply pleasurable album achieves with grace and groove. [Aug 2021, p.78]
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UncutJul 29, 2021Attains orchestral grandeur on intricate set pieces. [Sep 2021, p.28]
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Jul 29, 2021None of the Indications' contemporaries have put together a set as distinctly purpose-built and delightful as this one.
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Jul 30, 2021As with everything The Indications do, ‘Private Space’ is incredibly listenable, yet for all their efforts to expand their sound, they still rest often on the formula of old.
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Jul 29, 2021There are no musical revelations but recreating the groove of the terrific In Yo’ Face! The History of Funk series of sadly out of print compilations from Rhino is harder than it sounds.