Raz Ohara II

Raz Ohara and his Odd Orchestra return for their second album for Get Physical, II. It's a warm, organic collection of avant-garde, open-hearted pop music which positively teems with life; a forest of pleasures and possibilities which you'll want to lose yourself in indefinitely.II is certainly less melancholic than its predecessor - it's imbued with good feeling, energised by the rhythms and cadences of summer and the great outdoors - but it's not euphoric; there is an underlying note of caution, of trepidation. This emotional mix is what makes the record so powerful, especially when allied to a similarly ambiguous musical mix: one which imperceptibly melds folk, classic pop, electro-acoustic experimentation and modernist electronics.