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On this follow-up to their international breakthrough, 2019’s *Bismillah*, Peter Cat Recording Co.’s lead singer Suryakant Sawhney hands over the mic to multi-instrumentalist Kartik Pillai and bassist Dhruv Bhola on three tracks. Proving that the group are practically a genre unto themselves, each of the 13 tunes—co-composed by all five members—sounds quintessentially PCRC in that they cannily draw on decades-spanning influences to generate something familiar yet fresh. Among the standouts are the buoyantly bitter “People Never Change”, singalong “Seed”, heady rock-out “Connexion” and modern jazz ballad “A Beautiful Life”.