Off Planet
After four albums of consistently smart and divergent art-pop, Django Django shake things up with Off Planet, an ambitious, guest-heavy project that pushes them in new directions without abandoning their wily charm.
When a band grabs onto a concept for a record, the result can be sprawling and without tether. On Django Django’s fifth studio album, Off Planet, that concept is outer space and ufology, and the result is indeed sprawling, and fittingly reflective of the subject matter.
In what can be described as a nod to the Music of the Spheres – an ancient philosophical concept that sees the movements of planets as a form of music –
Sprawling, eclectic and ear-pleasing fifth from London indie-psychedelic fourpiece. Album New Music review by Thomas H Green