Filled with guest stars from his xx bandmates to Robyn, this long-gestating second solo album picks up where In Colour left off, and deepens its dancefloor devotion
was largely via the band who gave him his pseudonym, his debut solo album might have come as a shock.
Nine years later, its follow-up arrives in an identical sleeve design but with the colours replaced by a striking monochrome op-art pattern: it looks not unlike the cover of The Faust Tapes, and seems to suggest starker, more experimental contents.
But In Waves doesn’t turn out as you expect it to, either. The mood remains vibrant – it’s an album preoccupied with rapture, whether induced by chemicals or repetitive beats – but while In Colour landed like a millennial equivalent of a blockbuster 90s dance album, designed to be enjoyed at home rather than a club, In Waves feels more interested in the latter. There are certainly tracks that lend themselves to the living room.
Yet there are noticeably more tracks on In Waves that are evidently designed to be heard through big speakers at 3am. The title of the Honey Dijon collaboration Baddy on the Floor – a fabulous bit of piano house – speaks for itself.
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