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Last Evenings On Earth

Melt Yourself Down

Last Evenings On Earth

Second studio album from the London-based jazz, funk, Afrobeat, world music and tribal pop collective led by former Acoustic Ladyland saxophonist Pete Wareham

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7.2

Label
The Leaf Label
UK Release date
29/04/2016
US Release date
29/04/2016
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  1. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    What comes across most strongly is a sense of joy, and that makes it difficult to feel anything other than wholly engaged as a listener
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  2. 8.0 |   The FT

    There is an intense sense of seizing the moment, being in the thick of things, making the most of every sensation
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  3. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Last Evenings on Earth is as vast and sprawling as their self-titled debut, yet at the same time it’s concise and refined
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  4. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    A frenzy of north African instrumentation, punk and deranged jazz leads a collision of sounds that channels the spirit of revolution, and the heat and claustrophobia of a politically fractious city
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  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    This is the best kind of world music, loud, liberating and explosively experimental. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    It feels simultaneously looser and tighter than the debut
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  7. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    The playing throughout is masterful
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  8. 7.5 |   Beardfood

    A true melting pot of outdated and contemporary styles
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  9. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    An album that sizzles with the same kinetic energy that rips through the heart of their live sets
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  10. 6.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    The band’s trip into the black holes of migration and integration in the contemporary urban landscape
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  11. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    'Last Evenings on Earth' is about forward momentum and a trance-like fervour
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  12. 6.0 |   Q

    Only the occasional squalling, free-jazz meltdown gets in the way of letting the good times roll. Print edition only

  13. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Muezzin duels with fellow tenorist Shabaka Hutchings hit the spot. Print edition only

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