‘Inji’ is the first solo record by Sam Dust, once of indie darlings Late of the Pier but now going it alone after five years travelling the world. He has made an album that refuses to be pinned down to a single style, and it moves between soft hearted soulful rock, a more progressive house, disco and loose-limbed funk – somehow managing not to lose its focus in that time! Dust is something of a modern day Sly Stone in his approach to musical form, and the production leaves plenty of room to manoeuvre too, so the music doesn’t sound too processed. Highlights include the ridiculously catchy ‘Oino’, which is a good blueprint for the album’s quirkiness and the loose-limbed ‘Ladys In Trouble With The Law’, and the disco-inflected ‘Party Zute / Learning To Love’. Dust clearly has a sense of romance – some of his songs literally melt in the middle – but it’s clear he is here for a good time, and that feeling gets passed onto the listener. Definitely worth getting if you want something a bit different!
4 out of 5
Reviewed by Ben Hogwood
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