Stones Throw subsidiary Now Again has teamed up with Now Again to bring you this special expanded version of The Natural Yogurt Band's debut album Away With Melancholy. If you picked up their sole 45 single or the Jazzman version of this LP consider yourself lucky as they are now out-of-print and hard to come by. This is as close as you're going to get to authentic psych library vibes for something made in this century. In fact, if I didn't know any better I'd call it as some vintage shit, but all the tracks contained were made well after 2000! Dope drum breaks lace the entire album along with sweet spaced-out synths, fuzzy organs, vibes, keys, flutes and then some. Check out how ill these cats are comin' on tracks like "Space Echo" which is unique to this release. Also never before released are "Weak Without Wine" and "Invisible Ink." SO good. But there's much more to soak in on this album like the sinister funk of "Chapter One," the harmonizing on "Chit Chat," jazzy south of the border vibes on "Latin Illusion," dreamy moods on "Voodoo" and the hardest dub break on "Soft Cheese." Fans of Finders Keepers, GLK, Malcolm Catto, raw psych funk, drum breaks, etc. need to check this. Recommended.
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