Kokoroko - Could We Be More Artist_Gus Viseur though in their understated simplicity

though in their understated simplicity they have a melodic beauty that is seldom found in jazz of today

Rather than a rainbow blur

Written and recorded when the band were teenagers

Following Kishi Bashi’s collaboration with of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes for the watershed art-pop album Paralytic Stalks

and particularly those by Michael Jackson

Kokoroko - Could We Be More Artist_Gus Viseur though in their understated simplicityKokoroko have been on all world music lovers' radars since their very first and very impressive EP on Brownswood back in 2018. Now we are treated to an expansive and adventurous debut album on the same label that sees the group build on their great early start. Could We Be More has been preceded by new single 'We Give Thanks' and draws plenty of inspiration from the highlife and jazz sounds of West Africa, the Afrobeat and psych funk sounds of the 70s