Toy: Toy – review

(Heavenly)The stars weren't aligned for Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong. A "next big thing" in 2008, their debut album never even got released. However, three members of the band – singer Tom Dougall, guitarist Dominic O'Dair and bassist Maxim Barron – have regrouped as Toy and upped the game entirely. Friends of the Horrors, they have a similar style to that band's second album, Primary Colours: motorik krautrock and psychedelia. Equally similarly, their tunes come shrouded in an effects-la...

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