As if making the opposite journey to Dan Snaith with Caribou, KLO's latest album sounds much more like dream-pop on danceable steroids than their previous albums, which were steeped in the sophisticated electronics of Daniel Avery, among others.
At times, the almost gym-like euro-dance moments push me back, but it sounds promising. I'll need to give it more listens to revise my score.
Great album, dreamy vibes, and one I'll make an effort to revisit. Something about 'Time To' threw me off though, felt slightly out of place although I couldn't tell you why, and the album tails off a bit too much with 'Trust and Desire' for my liking
I think Kelly took the “dreamstate” analogy too literally here, as for the first time in discography, she teetered too far off balance of liminal elegant dance to full on yawns at parts of the record. Don’t get me wrong, “Dark Angel” through “Higher” is pretty signature Kelly Lee Owens, and “Sunshine” through “Time To” is as well, but the rest is too comfortable and forgettable.