Swiss label Bongo Joe has been an unstoppable force of cosmopolitan post-punk gems this year, and perhaps no single-artist release encapsulates their 2025 sound more cleanly than 2, the trilingual sophomore release from Yalla Miku.
The lineup has shifted since their first album. However, the sonic scope remains very similar, as the group trace their roots to the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and North Africa, as well as the Genevan scenes that the group’s members curate and populate regularly.
What they do within that scope, though, has more complexity and texture than the debut. As with so many of Bongo Joe’s recent releases, 2 gives the distinct impression of being the audio equivalent of a zine: it’s multivocal, unpredictable,…
« Noura Mint Seymali – Yenbett (2025) Ata Kak – Batakari (2025) »
1 Comment: