You’d think a song title that subverts the most popular song of the ‘00s could only mean fun Vampire Weekend, but here Ezra Koenig decided to go profound.
The record is named after the part of our brain that controls anxiety, fear, and depression. Despite that, in crafting Amygdala, Koze has made a techno record that is less about the dread and desolation of grimy, artful techno (think Andy Stott), but one that is a digital tableau of joy, whimsy, and humour.
Come the late noughties till now, music historians might find it a bit difficult to label the current generation’s taste. If JUICE were to play the scholar role here though, we think today is the age of cultural appropriation.