We Are

The almost cute amoeba-cum-paisley, sea urchin-esk cover art is the first clue that you’re about to enter an altered state. Emily Hay is your wordless tour guide, scatting and blabbering, sometimes laughing her way through her prepared remarks about the landscape, points of interest, and tourist traps. This is the album Björk would make if she had the gumption. Too late now, Hay and percussionist Marcos Fernandes already beat her to the punch with the drifty We Are. After a listen to the disc’s title track alone, you’ll be left wondering how on earth the pair manages to pack such breadth into six minutes. There’s no doubt their creativity is far from drying up.

–RN