Ventriloquizzing
After two years experimenting in the shadows, cutting edge minimalist-funk heroes Fujiya & Miyagi are back with their darkest and most propulsive set yet. The band's fourth full-lengther, Ventriloquizzing has a dark heart, via its throbbing electro-glam beat and menacing lyrics. "I think there's an underlying anger, or perhaps just annoyance, at institutions and people in general, and probably ourselves too," says singer/guitarist David Best. "And it also seemed like the right time to work with someone else to help us avoid going to our default setting," which the band combated by bringing in a co-producer for the first time in the form of famed producer Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Vetiver, Pernice Brothers) --their first time not self-producing. Written in Brighton, UK and recorded in Sacramento, CA; Ventriloquizzing is likely the first (and last) black comedy you can dance to.
British quartet enlist the help of Devendra Banhart/Vetiver compatriot Thom Monahan to produce their third album of krautrock-inflected dance pop.
Fujiya & Miyagi have handcrafted another installment in their ongoing British beach dance party.
In a blue hue illustrated by the song title “16 Shades of Black and Blue,” Fujiya & Miyagi spin over to the cooler side of the color wheel.
As with Fujiya & Miyagi's previous records, Ventriloquizzing seems sonically constructed to fly under the radar.
Fujiya And Miyagi are a band reliable for solid quality rather than triggering passionate adulation.
It's neurotic and paranoid, but Fujiya & Miyagi's fouth album is thrillingly tense. By <strong>Charlotte Richardson Andrews</strong>