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Bahamas
★★★
Bootcut
BUSHFIRE. CD/DL/LP
With a crack Nashville band including Vince Gill and Russ Pahl on pedal steel, Afie Jurvanen roots his dry Canadian wit in lush country (only I’ll Still revisits the Curtis-funk of 2020’s Sad Hunk). Adept and funny, but a little goes a long way.
JB
Coma World
★★★★
Coma Wong
BYRD OUT. DL/LP
Jazzers Betamax and Pete Bennie reconvene with sound artist Raimund Wong. The loosely arranged unease of Tsunami, Calamari and Turbulence combine deep grooves with distended drones, drunken trumpets and strings for something truly otherworldly.