The marvellous Merrill Garbus' latest album may not be quite as instant as the fantastic "whokill", but her live prowess remains diminished. Her band seemed rather superfluous last tour, adding little to her breathtaking musical talents but they're much tighter this time round, adding extra layers of density to her heady, brilliantly eccentric mix of afrobeat, R&B and indiepop. A couple of the new songs don't quite hit the mark, but the others sparkle with humour and vitality - and "Powa" remains one of the greatest songs of the decade so far.
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