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Album Review: Mura Masa - Mura Masa

James d'Apice
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"... Remarkable; a sprint out of the block and a victory lap all at once."

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Rarely do we get the joy of innocence and the confidence of experience delivered like this.

Mura Masa is remarkable; a sprint out of the block and a victory lap all at once. Love$ick shows the searing pleasure to be taken from well-directed A$AP Rocky and well-used chipmunkery. 1 Night is stunning, and proof that not all earworms need to be Carly Rae Jepsen pop classics. What If I Go? is a rhythmic cross-examination. Alex Crossan, the Mura mastermind, turned 21 this year. With this, he's created a record that sounds so influential it will guide the scene he seems set to dominate for a decade or two.