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- Artist(s): Jon Thorne, Suhail Yusuf Khan
- Summary: The second full-length collaboration from James Yorkston, Suhail Yusuf Khan and Jon Thorne was self-produced.
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- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Folk
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Apr 3, 2017It is, like its predecessor, a beguiling union of east and west--an album that quickly establishes its own universe and welcomes you in, with its reference points of Indian classical music, jazz, kosmische and dub.
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Apr 3, 2017The combination with Yorkston’s folky paeans was haunting and here, barely a year later, they’ve done it again.
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Apr 10, 2017Pastoral moods pervade ballads such as False True Piya, the 15-minute devotional Halleluwah rocks furiously and Yorkston’s The Blues You Sang pays sweet tribute to a fallen friend. Top drawer.
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MojoApr 3, 2017The sound they conjure is often heavenly. [May 2017, p.95]
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UncutApr 3, 2017Not so much a fusion as a cross-cultural collision. [May 2017, p.40]
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Apr 6, 2017The dovetailing of a traditional Indian melody deftly arranged by Khan and Yorkston overlaying Thorne's reading of Roger Eno's drolly English "You're Just a Bloke" is the kind of offering that makes this collaboration so unique.
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Q MagazineApr 12, 2017The more Khan sets the pace, the more all three fly. [Jun 2017, p.112]