Aspirant by Lo Five
Dreamy electronica with breaks
I could write an essay on the effect of a duff track on an otherwise excellent album (quite a few come to mind!) but in the case of Aspirant, as it's the final track, its negative effect is negligible (I simply stop playing it). The track in question is Cosmic Joke and sports an extremely tiresome sample of someone laughing. Carrying little of the enchanting ambience or nostalgic breakbeats heard across the preceding eight tracks it feels out of place, like it's been tacked on at the end as an afterthought or as some form of consolidation? Other than that, I love this album.