Thief - The 16 Deaths of My Master

Thief - The 16 Deaths of My MasterAvailable on Ocean Blue wax, limited to 200 THIEF have already gained cult status among the initiated, which might be taken quite literally considering that the backbone of their sound has been formed by manipulated sacred chant and choral samples. Although the project of American multi instrumentalist Dylan Neal from Los Angeles, California continues along this path, his third album "The 16 Deaths of My Master" surprises with a much heavier use of

"Fear Is a Cruel Master" wasn't as meticulously mapped out as RUBY's previous albums

Sollee writes that the record came together slowly and deliberately

Slug and Ant returned for a longer exploration of the sound

Riding shotgun with a Tarantino heroine

Whether or not you look into the meaning of the songs (mostly from the Réunion repertoire with a couple of Mauritian exceptions and one original "Pythons" composition)

and “Second Chance

“Miss Flower lived adventurously and

Yo La Tengo’s undeniable classic 1997 album I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is a quarter of a century old

formerly of Christ

Walla and the band sometimes spent hours just listening to their favorite albums

PUT THIS IN YOUR DEN for arguably the greatest soundtrack/score of all time

the two artists maintained a consistent friendship but it wasn’t until their collaborative album with Archie Shepp