After Four Tet’s Ringer EP in 2008 and last year’s single “Love Cry,” I thought Kieran Hebden would storm dance floors backwards, upside-down, sideways or some other unpredicted way—like from the fourth dimension. Unfortunately not. “Love Cry” is still the most dance-oriented of the lot with its attitude-packed hi-hats and lone driving bass synth, but the rest of There Is Love in You is a four-on-the-floor lofty daydream. In other words, it’s not to be written off. It’s been a while since Hebden actually released a full album under the name Four Tet—he had had four albums worth of collaboration with drummer Steve Reid—but here he’s put aside his jazz and post-rock leanings and gone back to making tender music like the stuff of Rounds. The difference is that he’s emerged from the last decade a much stronger programmer and he’ll immerse you in worlds of mostly digital sounds. (Domino, www.dominorecordco.us) Taylor Benjamin Burgess
Winnipeg music & culture since 1989