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Music writers and critics review four new albums, including Hiatus Kaiyote’s Mood Valiant, which lead vocalist Naomi ‘Nai Palm’ Saalfield worked on during treatment for cancer. Other albums on the review list this week: Hiss Golden Messenger’s Quietly Blowing It, John Grant’s Boy From Michigan and R&B Mood Valiant (Brainfeeder) ★★★★★ Six years after stunning the world with their debut album, Hiatus Kaiyote returns, now gilded with horns and strings. Credit:Tre Koch. When 2015’s Choose Your Weapon propelled this Melbourne four-piece into the sights of music’s elite (they’ve now been sampled by Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper and Drake, to name a few), it was their talent for combining both the laidback and infuriatingly complex parts of jazz that set them apart. Six years later Hiatus Kaiyote are sounding ever more masterful in their ability to weave together intricate, funk-riddled, R&B-tinged jazz – b ....
Review of Hiatus Kaiyote's new album Mood Valiant, Hiss Golden Messenger's Quietly Blowing It, John Grant's Boy From Michigan and Early Risers, by John Scurry's Reverse Swing smh.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from smh.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.