Thundercat - It Is What It Is (Indie exclusive Standard Cream Vinyl) serge Gainsbourg ‘Disco Not Disco’ preceded the

‘Disco Not Disco’ preceded the punk funk revolution by two years

and their first for Tough Love

combining the languid breaks of old with that textural richness which has characterized more recent LPs like Shape The Future

The album itself features the woozy croon of Albarn vocals with a busy concoction of guitars and textured layering that bodes well to encapsulate the murky carnival atmosphere of the album's cover art

so you get the pastoral prettiness on top

Thundercat - It Is What It Is (Indie exclusive Standard Cream Vinyl) serge Gainsbourg ‘Disco Not Disco’ preceded theThundercats new LP It Is What It Is picks up where his last full length, 2017s Drunk, left off. Like that record It Is What It Is intersperses more fully formed tracks with scene setting vignettes. A quick glance at the tracklisting shows several of the entries here clock in at under two minutes, but this does not reflect a paucity of ideas. Rather, the shorter interludes add light and shade to Thundercats already colourful combination of neo soul,