Artist. Little Dragon
Title. Ritual Union
Label. Peacefrog Records
Release Date. 25th July 2011
Length. 11 Songs/ 44 Mins
Rating. Three Point Five Stars
The Swedish electronic four-piece, Little Dragon release their 3rd album ’Ritual Union’ this summer to much anticipation. With a substantial fan-base already formed following 2009s critically acclaimed ‘Machine dreams’ and a considerable touring schedule thrown in the mix, they are set up perfectly to recruit many new admirers with their latest effort.
Lead vocalist and much talked about Yukimi Nagano adds the perfect extra dimension to LD’s sound, her dreamy vocal soothingly weaves its way through this infectious collection of songs.
Nagano and the clean, tight production are the focal points of this soulful-electro pop release.
The title track and lead single, Ritual Union, sees Yukimi’s searching for advice and direction ‘loves sinking in the sand, I’m sorry boy that we sinned’ and ‘mother, tell me how it is, I know you’ve been through all of this’ a great song that is screaming out for some remix action. ‘Brush the heat’ and ‘Crystalfilm’ are also stand out songs displaying sharp hypnotic drums and dreamy synths
You can’t help but wonder what the result would be if LD were to push their sound a little further and step up a gear from time to time, but maybe this is all to come. In what has been a brief but robust history since forming in Gothenburg 5 years back, you can only feel that this dragon has a lot more fire to breath.
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