Zoo Brazil

For Sins And False Alarms Zoo Brazil

the Swede fields 12 new tracks, which see the tone deepen and the musical outline

reshape into something altogether clubbier.

More instrument-driven in nature, its vocal-less numbers regularly touch on styles broadly housey (both

classic and contemporary) and techno-like in style. The vocal cuts that do exist have allowed John to

resume working with a close-knit group of singers. 'Any Moment Now' and 'Point Of View' alumni Ursula

Rucker returns, whilst having sung on 'POV's 'Nine Mind', English songstress Mama's also back behind

the mic. John's brought new blood in too, with Laura Bettinson (under her FEMME pseudonym) likewise

lending voice to 'Sins'.

'Getting Closer' strikes a breezily positive opening note for 'Sins', which - through its riff sway, French

House suggestions and strummed guitars summons much coastal ether. Every bit its partner, 'Brighter

Than The Sun' adds bass pulse and shaking breaks, before underscoring its blissed-out chorus with

subtle 303. Routing the album down a sparser, more minimal line, 'I Don't Remember' hooks the attention

with its haunting sirenic female harmonies and deceptively slight timbale percs. 'Mystery Walk' raises the

bass profile, kicks the tempo up again and goes night-time cruising. Maintaining the floor pace, 'Intersong'

brings undulating LFO waves, harmonic float and bass guitar thrum, while reverb, vocoder & snare mark

out 'Alone's production.

As it passes its midpoint, John unscrews the vocal valve some, releasing more song-led cuts into 'Sins'

system. Wrapped in an irresistibly groovesom production and lent classic house style by Ursula Rucker,

'Never Enough' delivers a stream-of-consciousness on consumerism. 'Were sophisticated monsters of

glamour' smoulders London-born/Berlin-based singer Mama on 'Monique', as John's production feeds the

track house-sultry rhythms and melodies. 'Atlantis' meanwhile ushers in some Knuckles/Heard vibes &

instrumentation, before 'Change You' housily pumps thing back up, replete with it every-bit-as Chicagoesque

male vox. Tying off 'For Sins And False Alarms', 'Sweet Talk' flips both tone and chromosome, as

singer FEMME upliftingly brings the album to an end-of-the-night-vibed conclusion.