Bleep

With James Lavelle out on his own for the fifth UNKLE LP - and the first in seven years - he could be forgiven for taken a radically different approach. The thing is, though, UNKLE’s modus operandi has always been to take a radically different approach. So in a sense what we get here is more of the same, if by ‘more of the same’ you mean envelope-pushing British electronica. The project’s penchant to paint in broad strokes hasn’t changed with the lineup. From ‘Looking For the Rain’s techno-blues to the Tricky-indebted trip-punk of ‘No Where To Run/Bandits’, the album is a dark and stormy affair, an effect heightened by the frequent spoken-word interludes. Mark Lanegan, Andrew Innes and many others guest.