Rio en Medio:
Frontier

By: Dennis Cook This feels like a weather system blown in from another dimension, full of elemental charge and primordial jitter, an anxious haze settling upon one like fog. There's also the snap 'n' crackle of unrestricted modernity to Rio en Medio's sophomore release, Frontier (Manimal Vinyl). If her debut (here) felt out of time, this follow-up seems slightly ahead of the curve. While there are shivery echoes of Cocteau Twins, Bjork, Byrne/Eno and other quality strangers in her DNA, Rio...

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