#2554 BadBadNotGood / VA - Late Night Tales

A soulful, surging night music mixtape, glancing off of little tropical//global inflections, blurring together damned smoothly. I was unfamiliar with the vast majority of tracks (and some are outright rarities for anyone), giving the listen a smooth anonymity, making the Beach Boys' Don't Talk a little jarring. Also, the Lydia Lunch spoken-word nightmare is an awful note to end on, as if the guys didn't have the nerve to just make a good mix and had to put an arty stamp on it 3.5/5