It’s been over six years since Sampha dropped Process, the Mercury Prize-winning breakout that placed the London-based singer/songwriter at the center of the British indie music scene. Process was an exploration of Sampha’s mortality, engulfed by grief and loss of his mother, and driven by a somber blend of acoustic and electronic instrumentation––all earmarked by his soulful, rich voice.
When a band grabs onto a concept for a record, the result can be sprawling and without tether. On Django Django’s fifth studio album, Off Planet, that concept is outer space and ufology, and the result is indeed sprawling, and fittingly reflective of the subject matter.