Waldo's Gift Malcolm's Law Vinyl LP Due Out 24/01/25

Tracklist:

1. Candifloss
2. Malcolm's Law
3. Classic Waldi Anthem
4. Cosy Hour
5. The Galli
6. Cafe Jim
7. Jellyfish
8. This One Is Improvised
9. Last On the Plane

The album is a sizzling, maximalist, impossibly complex guitar record. While Waldo's Gift have been associated with the UK jazz explosion, mainly owing to their focus on improvisation, there are shades here of prog-metal, math-rock, and the more intense ends of Squarepusher or Aphex Twin. 'We Trojan-horse metal into jazz venues', Vine laughs. Unbelievably, every track is a single live performance, recorded with no overdubs or extras. 'We've tried to multi-track stuff, but it doesn't sound like us', he says.