Album Review: Fujiya & Miyagi – Ventriloquizzing (Full Time Hobby)

Strutting basslines lend themselves to low-slung glam funk and sinister ponderings

Somewhere between [a]Liars[/a]’ sinister ponderings, [a]Beck[/a]’s low-key funk and the bizarre, be-masked aesthetic of [a]The Wave Machines[/a] sits the weird world of ‘Ventriloquizzing’ – a world where David Best’s speak-sing monotone reigns supreme, strutting basslines abound and the line between sexy and sex pest is but a blur. At its high points (‘Sixteen Shades Of Black & Blue’, ‘Pills’) these components combine to create the kind of low-slung glam funk that makes us feel a bit dirty-in-a-good-way. At other times we’re not sure whether we should be laughing or feeling uncomfortable; either way ‘Ventriloquizzing’ is certainly no dummy’s game.

Lisa Wright

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