Four Tet have always been on the adventurous side of my listening tastes. A song like "Hands" from 2003's Rounds builds patiently into a hypnotic-yet-unstable rhythm before falling back into pieces, like a talented band trying to play in outer space. And that's on the commercial end of Four Tet's output. Often, it's simply a lulling and futuristic sort of insanity.
There Is Love In You arguably tapers off the eccentricity of previous efforts, but in another way his limit-pushing sensibilities are merely built into the dynamic more subtly. Trust me, there's a heap of madness imbued across the entire album, it's just more melodic and contagious than usual.
As I previously wrote about, "She Just Likes to Fight" is the early frontrunner for instrumental track of the year. "Sing" is the kind of danceable electronica that makes me wish I thought raves were cool, and "Angel Echoes" feels closest to the classic Four Tet sound, something like Burial-goes-pop.
At eight full length tracks, there's no filler on There Is Love. The most succinct might therefore just be the best Four Tet release to date.
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