In 2021 the two stayed on Ibiza. The story goes that they borrowed and set up the only Fender Rhodes on the island, and at a beachside temporary home called Siesta they listened to Pharoah Sanders' "Greeting to Saud" over and over — an episode straight out of a movie. Maybe it's just knowing that, but emotionally the record feels less like the dry urbanity of L.A. and more like the hippie/hedonistic transience, softness and dreaminess of Ibiza, and you can hear it in the sound. That said, it's not Balearic in flavor — it's tightly focused production from John Carroll Kirby, whose range extends to work with Frank Ocean and Solange.
"White," purely "white," adult-oriented, blue-eyed — those are the phrases that fit. The previous record, the masterpiece Pleasure, Joy And Happiness, was endlessly repeatable, and this one is just as reliably good. Stones Throw is a great fit, too. With the label's maturity and the ripening of the L.A. sound, everything around this record — the story, the whole vibe — is effortlessly stylish. (Original Japanese text by Shhhhh)