YOUNG THE GIANT release-year-2014 where Madlib takes on the

where Madlib takes on the personas of numerous instrumentalists (going so far as to credit them individually in the liner notes) and make laid-back break-heavy jams that serve great as background party stuff -- and that's really where Shades of Blue works the best

SIX was the last album Hugh Hopper made with Soft Machine

urging groove of "Keychain"

Earth marks a new beginning for O'Brien

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YOUNG THE GIANT release-year-2014 where Madlib takes on theThe West Coast jazz evoking album jacket of Young the Giant's self titled debut doesn't exactly paint an accurate picture of the California quintet's breezy modern rock sound, but it does complement it quite nicely. Here's a band signed to a heavy metal label, whose music is anything but, and which actually excels through recurring shows of subtlety, not force. That's not to say Young the Giant don't know how to rock; tracks like "My Body," "Garands,"