When Mi Ami arose from the ashes of frenetic DC outfit Black Eyes, they spun that post-punk/post-hardcore/free-jazz-ish furore into dubbier, more aqueous and tranced-out jams. Their impressive 2009 debut, was still the work of a screechy rockband, but as time's passed, Mi Ami has grown more and more electronic.That comes to a culmination with their freshly-pressed fourth LP, Decade. With Daniel Martin-McCormick seemingly spending more time, these days, making retro-old-school-house jams as Ital, so, too, does Mi Ami sound like they're courting dancefloors.
Whilst there's dubbed out ripples through "Time of Love," it sounds for all the world like a house remix of a punk-funk act: a bassline turning eternal funky circles, a hoarse-throated vocal chopped into a half-heard snippet that doesn't bother the groove, and the core beats boom-tick-ing to a euphoric infinity.
Elsewhere on Decade, Martin-McCormick's voice is allowed to air its snarling, political, rough-edged screech. But, here, sanded away, the effect is symbolic: "Time of Love" effectively scrubbing away all traces of the duo's punk-rock pasts; Mi Ami eyeing new horizons.
Mi Ami, "Time of Love"
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