Jungle: Volcano [CAIOLA/AWAL]

Why you'll love it

Volcano brings in Channel Tres, Erick the Architect, Roots Manuva and Bas, and "Back on 74" became a viral dance craze of its own. It's Jungle's most soulful record and a perfect party-starter.

This edition

• Single LP, 14 tracks
• Caiola/AWAL pressing of the 2023 album
• Guests include Channel Tres, Erick the Architect, Roots Manuva and Bas

About the album

Jungle's fourth album, Volcano, is less like the molten cataract of the title than a warm summer breeze wafting in over a tropical beach. And that's juuuust fine. The music made by the U.K. outfit led by Tom McFarland and Josh Lloyd-Watson has always been thoroughly easy to digest, and they don't mess with the formula too much here.

They drop a few more guest vocalists into the mix (Erick the Architect on "Candle Flame," Channel Tres on "I've Been in Love," Mood Talk on "Don't Play" and ace British MC Roots Manuva on "You Ain't No Celebrity," for instance) and indulge their love of classic soul more than ever while flirting with hip-hop to an increasing degree, but it still sounds as smooth and effortlessly groovy as the Jungle we've come to know and love. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Caiola/AWAL, first out in 2023.