Loving in Stereo
| Jungle
Loving in Stereo
Loving in Stereo is the third studio album by British electronic band Jungle, released on 13 August 2021. It is their first release on their own independent label, Caiola Records, and is marketed and distributed by AWAL (a division of Sony Music). -Wikipedia
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It’s a bold risk from a duo that clearly felt stuck in the same place. Uninhibited and visceral, Loving in Stereo comes across as a beautiful love letter to music. It still feels quintessentially Jungle. But they’ve made it clear that you ‘can’t stop the stars from moving’.
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NME
Tom McFarland and Joshua Lloyd-Watson get on their dancing shoes, with their hearts on their sleeves, to craft a collection of wall-to-wall bangers.
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Riff Magazine
This isn’t the summer we’d all hoped for. But even with masks back on faces, plans changing and hearts breaking, there’s well enough sunshine on Loving in Stereo to blast out your windows and celebrate surviving, if nothing else. That’s why it just might be the perfect summer soundtrack for 2021, after all.
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The Guardian
A little bit hip-hop, a little bit spangled funk… Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland take a more organic approach, and it works.
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The Line of Best Fit
Jungle maintain momentum on their epic third outing Loving In Stereo.
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DIY Magazine
It’s almost relentlessly uplifting, but as the closer optimistically states, “can’t stop the stars from moving cause you ain’t got the time”. It comes at just the right time.
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The Standard
The duo have upped the pace considerably from their past work - this is the soundtrack for a wild night.
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Magnetic Magazine
Jungle has delivered with their third album, hitting us with the bangers, but also some slower ballads. Summer should be fun and Jungle wants to help make it so.
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Clash Magazine
Despite having occasionally moments of deflation, ‘Loving In Stereo’ is more refined than past work. Loaded with retrospective jams and summery hits alike, the record leaves their growth open to further exploration.
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Gigwise
Ragu’s sensational vocals against an iconic Jungle hip-hop beat celebrate the advancements in the band’s musical talent perfectly as the duo continue to create ever-growing, remarkable audible landscapes for their listeners. Jungle’s sound is without a doubt the future of modern music.
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PopMatters
Jungle’s political stance on Living in Stereo is a call for love, and as the title of the LP suggests, this takes more than one to accomplish. Let’s dance!
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Loop Magazine
Bringing the delicious summertime grooves to a miserable August, electro duo, Jungle, are back with progressive floor-filler-fuelled album number three, ‘Loving In Stereo’.
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The Skinny
Jungle's signature sound remains in effect on album three, but the earworms are proving a little harder to come by.
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Stereoboard
Jungle are tremendously talented producers and arrangers and they are clearly having a lot of fun exploring and developing their sound, but they don’t write very memorable songs. Maybe this is indicative of an approach that is more focused on blend, balance and good vibes, but without improving this, they are in danger of becoming a bit of a festival band—someone who comes on late afternoon to raise spirits without really lifting the roof. Perhaps, with the world in its current state, raising spirits should be more than enough, but it would be nice to see them kick on a little more.
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Northern Transmissions
It’s an inherently celebratory, vivacious, often sexy genre. And what do we need in the middle of unprecedented, existentially crushing times? A vital, unapologetically exuberant dance party that Jungle curates.
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No Ripcord
In Loving In Stereo, their third full-length LP, there are no misleading messages or presumptuous metaphors. It’s exactly what it sounds like: an open letter to celebrate life and love, which is not a small thing.
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AllMusic
Jungle are at their most elevated throughout Loving in Stereo, in terms of both creativity and the general tone of the album. The songs are exploratory and fun, exuding energy and positivity and resulting in some of the group's best work to date.
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The Arts Desk
Fuzz bass, a little bit of ESG and Liquid Liquid, even some Krautrock is in the mix along with all the strings, brass and shiny harmonies.
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Hotpress
While Loving In Stereo does fall a bit flat in the second half – the slower tracks not providing the same punch – it’s still an excellent listen. Indeed, Jungle show they’re in this for the long haul, with an LP that is tailor-made for soundtracking beer gardens and barbecues.
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No Taste
All in all, I think I was too excited by the singles to give it the full respect it deserves as a whole. I will not give up on this album and new style from Jungle, and still consider many individual songs on there as my choice when someone thrusts me the aux, but as a whole I’d maybe save it for a long journey where I want to switch off.
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Dork
British music collective JUNGLE return with their third record ‘Loving In Stereo’, an LP that reinvigorates an already successful sound with a fresh perspective across 14 expansive, luxurious and graceful tracks which continue the legacy of the country’s most exciting electronic duo.
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