RYC

UNIVERSAL

After cutting his teeth in the EDM scene with 2017’s self-titled debut, Mura Masa heads in a decidedly more grounded direction on the breezy and buoyant RYC (or RawYouthCollage,

for the acronymphobic). True to its name, LP2 is captivatingly cheerful and carefree, cuts built primarily on bright, warbly guitar lines and crazy crisp drum machine beats, with vocals – if not Alex Crossan’s own, then from scene-stealing luminaries like Slowthai and Wolf Alice – often stacked and slathered in distortion. Jams like

“No Hope Generation” and “Vicarious Living Anthem” recall the simpler days of early ‘00s pop-rock, sticky as all sweet hell and impossibly easy to bop along to. Fun, apolitical and nostalgic,

RYC is a pure joy to spin from cover to cover.