After merging influences from throughout their 20-year career — including but not limited to kosmische, disco, dub, post-punk, and art pop, and bands like Neu!, Kraftwerk, Stereolab, and the Orb — on 2022’s Slight Variations, U.K. alternative dance mavens Fujiya & Miyagi settle into this effortlessly blended approach on the follow-up, New Shiny Object.
Elements of kosmische, post-punk, and disco pulse through opener “Lowest Common Denominator,” a song that also doubles down on singer/guitarist David Best’s dry humor, which includes a dance-motivated world view. They edge toward hip-hop on “Elasticated Waste,” a bass-heavy rap on the subject of aging that incorporates found objects and sounds like drips of water…

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