Fujiya & Miyagi: Ventriloquizzing – review

(Full Time Hobby)Fujiya & Miyagi have cast their fourth LP in the mould of Michael Redgrave's segment of the classic British horror film Dead of Night: ventriloquism as a conduit to the surreal and sinister. Slow-burning funk basslines throb throughout, while singer Dave Best's whispered monotone feels uncomfortably intimate. There's a paced neurosis to Ventriloquizzing, with pill addictions, paranoia and crushing despondency on end track Universe, which has Best lost in the mantra: "You love th...

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