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Jungle review – like a puzzle with a piece missing
The Brit award winners keep their audience in happy shuffle mode with a plush set of disco-flecked retro bangers – albeit one short on the dance and visuals they’re renowned for
Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz – the erstwhile virtual band – are just one who spread out into other forms, providing multiple entry points into their output; not only songs, but cartoon-caper side narratives and fruitful vocal collaborations with unexpected artists. Begun a decade ago as a two-man bedroom outfit in west London that deployed samples, grooves and the twin falsettos of Tom McFarland and Josh Lloyd-Watson, Jungle have blossomed into one of the UK’s best-loved purveyors of diffuse good times. Jungle are now an eight-piece live act seemingly designed for halcyon festival evenings where a hot day segues into a warm and fuzzy night Last year, their soulful retro bop Back on 74 was all over TikTok, its smooth moves translating into a dance challenge taken up by, among others, Kim Tae-hyung, AKA V from BTS, and the casts of Hamilton and West Side Story.
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