It has been so from the very start of this so-called art-rock band, who in 2012 released their self-titled debut album. The initial, unassuming hope was that the first record would act as a calling-card, but it exceeded every expectation. Django Django’s second record, Born Under Saturn, released in 2015, did what the majority of follow-ups do: safely and strategically stick to the template that made the first one so successful, but Marble Skies strikes out in various new-ish directions. The remaining six songs fly the flag, too, but after several listens to the album there’s a sense that – aforementioned pop pleasures notwithstanding – it’s a bit all mouth and no trousers. Some noteworthy songs aside, Marble Skies is surface noise – a sound-cloud, if you will – that scatters too quickly for its own good.

Source: The Irish Times January 19, 2018 05:01 UTC