Outer Peace

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AlbumJan 18 / 201910 songs, 30m 37s
Alternative R&B Synth Funk
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7.4 / 10

Chaz Bear delivers a smartly crafted, comfortably mid-fi album of grooves and melancholy—it’s one of his best albums in years.

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7 / 10

Outer Peace contains some of Chaz Bear's most inspired material in years

Chaz Bundick's sixth album is an intriguing but haphazard dive through history – out via Carpark Records on 18 January 2019

A transitional work perhaps, but whichever fork in the road he follows next, you feel he’ll continue to adapt.

Chaz Bear never makes the same Toro y Moi record twice.

Chock-full of gluey basslines and gleaming synths, Outer Peace is very much a dance record and it's pure ecstasy.

5 / 10

Throughout his career, Toro y Moi has never been afraid to diversify. From bedroom-pop, to his more recent attempts at psych and R&B, there’s

6 / 10

One of the architects of the short-lived chill-wave movement, Toro Y Moi presents something different again on his sixth album 'Outer Peace'.

Chaz Bear's sixth album as Toro y Moi bends the boundaries of club music, albeit with mixed results.

8.0 / 10

Toro Y Moi harnesses sounds new and old for a record that moves but rarely feels wholly his own in our review of 'Outer Peace'

Chaz Bundick moves on from the hazy jams to produce his strongest record in years

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Exudes the breezy warmth that brings to mind some of the most joyous electro-pop of the ‘00s and ‘10s.

7 / 10