Album Review: Kagu - Kagu

The Mumford & Sons-esque raspy indie vocal delivery is here to stay. Now that it’s commonplace, bands need to find another distinguishing factor, or become lost in the crowd.

Sean Heathcliff (Snakadaktal) crafts a tight, pulsing, synth-driven romp under his Kagu moniker. In between the persistent hi-hat sizzle of Human, the album’s most straightforward pop song, lies a collection of acoustic guitar flourishes that either explode into reverberant synth wails or, in the case of The Misunderstood Judgement Of Stones, act as quiet, introspective punctuation. What emerges is a collection of blueprints that signal better things to come.