Kiasmos

Kiasmos return with their second full-length album, II. It's a worthy achievement to say that the duo of olafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen have held off on the temptation to release any more full-lengths after their debut LP in 2014; the pair started out in the late 2000s and have ridden high on the wave of EPs and live dates ever since, not once succumbing to the superegoic demands of the market in favour of savouring the moment and using it to time things right; an approach that matches the mood of their music to be sure. Ten years on, II marks the development of a creative partnership and friendship that has grown over time, and with its up-to-date spin on their signature broken-beatific progressions and melancholy electroacoustic reflections, you can be damn sure that this the most mature iteration of their sound to date.