Django Django
Another album that’s a bit hit-and-miss, Django Django’s Mercury-nominated debut has lots of invention about it. I’ve seen it called ‘art rock’ but for me it’s just a quality indie-rock album that’s not afraid to delve into electronica or other random genres when it suits. Everything here is really well crafted, and the album is superbly produced by drummer David Maclean. I think it works best when it opts for the riff-led rhythmic approach: my two favourite tracks are the stompy ‘Wor’ (which makes me think of the Pulp Fiction soundtrack) and the slightly quirkier ‘Default’. The more genre-bending tracks – like, say, ‘Waveforms’ – are patchier, but there are loads of great ideas brimming here, even on the tracks that are less successful. Will buy album number 2, it could be awesome.