For fans of: Cutting Edge Jazz

What they're saying: Gold nabbed a Best New Music designation from Pitchfork, with Marty Sartini Garner summarizing the record as such: “The Mancunian saxophonist and poet’s warm and wise album is a balm of spoken word and spiritual jazz, both strangely uncomfortable and strangely comforting.” Neil Spencer at The Guardian describes the record’s sound: “Most of Gold’s 19 tracks mix DePlume’s hushed declamations with his tenor sax, whose tremulous tone and delicate, circular melodies recall Ethiopian master Getatchew Mekuria, though there are Ayleresque honks on angrier pieces” And here is Bob Fish at Spectrum Culture on DePlume: “Gold illustrates how willing Angus Fairbairn is to take chances, creating sounds that challenge the notions of what music is and can be in the 21st century.”

What we say: A challenging and rewarding hybrid of adventurous jazz and spoken word. Very cool, very unique stuff from DePlume. Out now from the always excellent International Anthem record label.