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| 3.6 great | Erwann S. STAFF | October 5th 22 |
Kokoroko slightly expands their sound on this first LP. The traces of afrobeat, highlife, and jazz-funk are, of course, still present, but these influences are now accompanied by some neo-soul and progressive linings here and there (ie: some tunes do be meandering). Despite the record's evident quality - grooviness, smoothness, constantly uplifting -, its production doesn't always let its elements shine - guitarist Adenaike-Johnson isn't heard much, and it's a shame given how bomb-ass-thicc his game can be on "War Dance".
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| 3.0 good | ajcollins15 | August 10th 22 |
Honestly, this album would be much better if it wasn?t for swallowing production style. I don?t know what they were thinking by blowing the base up so much it makes everything sound so swelled into the mix because the base is fighting for a shining spot. Still, the UK-based octet flows and winds through some lush and psychedelic afrobeat style jazz rhythms and highlife brass instrumentation. The horns are really the highlight here all over the project. Remind me a lot of Kamasi Washington and the way he incorporates horns into his music.
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| 4.0 excellent | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | August 6th 22 |
Kokoroko's full-length debut packs plenty into its concise runtime, although it never goes too far off its central musical structure. The band does an admirable job keeping its instrumentation in a similar tempo, despite jumping mountains with their influences, from afrobeat, funk, blues, jazz-hop etc. 'Could We Be More' truly couldn't have been more, for it is about as packed with character, as it gets.
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| 3.5 great | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | August 8th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | August 8th 22 |
| 3.5 great | arf | August 5th 22 |
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