Born Under Saturn

AlbumMay 05 / 201513 songs, 56m 8s
Indie Pop Indietronica
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5.6 / 10

Django Django see themselves in the lineage of late-'60s, early-'70s pop weirdos, but they listen like modernist samplers and crate diggers. The songs on their second album present themselves as physical challenges, a demonstration of what Django Django can do rather than what they have to say or how they feel.

7 / 10

Playful worldly harmonies abound on Django Django’s spiriting second album, but it lacks the urgency of their debut.

8.2 / 10

Should it really come as a surprise that a band whose name is the same thing twice may have a dual identity? It's a…

A record so vivid it threatens to become visual.

When they arrived in 2012, U.K. indie quartet Django Django offered a sound like no other, blending single-note surf/Western guitar lines with vaguely psychedelic-electro undercurrents and big, clamoring rhythmic stacks that fell somewhere between Devo and drum corps.

It’s serendipitous, really. Just as the sun threatens to show its face Django Django return with a roaring, resoundingly summer-vibed record.

8 / 10

Django Django play hard to get. Guitarist/vocalist Vinnie Neff's coolness in his vocals is part of the appeal — it demands not getting...

8.0 / 10

Hard to believe it's already been three years since London-based psych band Django Django released their self-titled debut. Their eclectic mixture of sun-drenched sonic bursts, primal beats, and spacey melodies still stands out as a uniquely original effo

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Music Review: Django Django - Born Under Saturn

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5.8 / 10

Review of 'Born Under Saturn,' the new album by Django Django, out today on Ribbon/Because music. The lead single is "First Light."

It might not have the sheer impact of their debut, but there’s no diminution in the quality of songwriting on Django Django’s second album

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Album Reviews: Django Django - Born Under Saturn

The Scottish band strike gold with a move towards the dancefloor. CD review by Barney Harsent