AMOR

Avant-rock veteran <a href="spotify:artist:1rMkroCNvGAk4kO6I1j5A3">Richard Youngs</a>, experimental artist Luke Fowler, Norwegian jazz double bassist Michael Francis Duch, and <a href="spotify:artist:0XNa1vTidXlvJ2gHSsRi4A">Franz Ferdinand</a> drummer Paul Thomson are all known for making very different types of music, but their work together as AMOR is a surprising venture into sprawling, left-field neo-disco. Releases such as 2018's full-length debut Sinking Into a Miracle contain lengthy work-outs consisting of locked-in rhythms and <a href="spotify:artist:1rMkroCNvGAk4kO6I1j5A3">Youngs</a>' clear, optimistic vocals.

The Glasgow-based quartet's debut 12", Paradise/In Love an Arc, was released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Night+School%22">Night School</a> in 2017, and was soon followed by Higher Moment/Amnesia. All four songs on these singles were free-flowing disco epics, each exceeding ten minutes in length. AMOR's debut full-length, Sinking Into a Miracle, arrived in 2018, refining the group's sound into tighter arrangements and shorter compositions. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi