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Mild High Club
Going Going Gone
A1
Kluges I
A2
Dionysian State
A3
Trash Heap
A4
Taste Tomorrow
A5
New High
A6
It’s Over Again
B1
Kluges II
B2
I Don’t Mind The Wait
B3
Dawn Patrol
B4
Waving
B5
Me Myself and Dollar Hell
B6
Holding On To Me
Yes, Mild High Club - AKA Alex Brettin, self-confessed "bartender and resident selector" of the fantasy 'institution' - understands how to make instrumentals that couldn't be easier listening or more inviting. Infectious loops, inflections (and then some) of soul and 1960s R&B, funk and disco. But scratch beneath the surface, or just listen properly, and Going Going Gone, the first album from this project in four years, has also succumbed to the horrors of our time.
'Me, Myself and Dollar Hell', for example, looks at themes of paranoia, individualism, gun control and violence, religion and belief, climate change and living in a kleptocracy. Rather than feeling like a scattergun approach to tackling The Big Issues of the Day, though, connections between these subjects are well made, positioning this as a post-modern release if ever we heard one. The rest of the LP isn't bad, either - well, it's actually excellent - but let's leave it at that.