2013-11-21
New Zealand has its very own Ariel Pink. Connan Mockasin, a mop-topped blonde "pop sprite" - who broke onto the scene with his first solo effort, 2010's Forever Dolphin Love - is the newest sensation in the world of weirdo psyche-funk. With Caramel, Mockasin comes across as a bizarrely seductive figure, each song oozing with undeniably sexy grooves and his accompanying voice that croons or growls, depending on the context. The fact that the album was self-recorded within a month's span in a Tokyo hotel room makes too much sense.
THE KOOKS
Konk
THE UNLIKELY CANDIDATES
Follow My Feet EP
Various Artists
Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon
LONDON GRAMMAR
If You Wait
ALL GOOD FUNK ALLIANCE
Jacks of All Trades
MARIA MCKEE
Late December
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