Irrevocably conflictual, Montreal's
Blue Hawaii are as refreshing a blustering gulp of wily rejuvenation as a can of crested sea foam on once-military sands, latest LP Blooming Summer uniting the woozy haze for which
Kisses have become all but omnipotent of late with the gushing, artery-rupturing dinge of Telepathe. Lilac is fragranced with ethereal vocals reminiscent of Dirty Projectors, transposed overhead onto skies lined with the glistening Stars and VCRs of The xx, Dream Electrixra is oriental balladry concocted decades away, rustled together in a wok bursting with soy sauce-stained melancholia, and Katie is howling sublimity to the tune of despondent wilderness. Blue Gowns is cloaked in an effervescently tribal transcendency, with lyrics swirling about the plughole of the loveless abyss of cold-blooded bitterness, whilst Belize is Beach House hustling and bustling with Björk in a pit of constellations and crustaceans. Castle Of Clouds sounds akin to rolling out of the wrong side of the bed before tumbling down an infinite stream of cirrocumulus unconscious, whilst Lonelyhearts is perhaps the most adept accompaniment to the most surreal of spleen-rupturing breakups. 54 seconds of quixotic synths follow in the mangled form of Sparkle Market, before tailing off into faded dismay greeting the conclusion of a truly ingenious record.
