Following four long years of sonic hibernation, the shadowy sneaker fiends behind the Shoebox series have decided to deliver a fourth EP of intoxicating musical fusions rich in dusty deepness, hazy grooves, kaleidoscopic electronics and glassy-eyed musical mysticism. The EP’s quartet of cuts ripple with colourful intent, rhythmic inventiveness and quietly soulful swagger. There are chunky house grooves, lo-fi Latin drums, church organs, sustained chords, vibrant electronics, fuzzy low-end pressure and mind-altering mixes of ambient melodies and atmospheric field recordings, all infused with the Shoebox crew’s trademark aural ticks. Some tracks feed the dancefloor while others reward horizontal listening; all are suitably wide-eyed and tantalizingly tactile.
