After releases on labels like Cin Cin, Soundway and Banana Hill, Nick Tyson’s XOA rock up on Five Easy Pieces to drop their debut LP. Way West is a set of buoyant tracks that synthesise various soulful genres into a composite whole. Deep house, Afrobeat, neo-soul and the electronic pop of Bonobo are all swirled together across Way West. We’d wager that Gilles Peterson has this one on heavy rotation.