Eight years passes like nothing for Birds of Maya! Their fourth album kicks out the Philly jams with every bit as much fervour as their earlier releases – in fact, as it was recorded in 2014, it IS one of their earlier releases. They will sell no wine before its time.
Trading the crushed harmonics of their basement tapes for studio-grade mics, overdubs in the mix and only slightly less bruised harmonics, their roiling essence not only survives but thrives, non-stop, on ‘Valdez’, stuttering, screaming, and stomping through six circuitous numbers.