Has it really been 14 years since Steve Spacek released Space Shift? When I saw his name featured as guest vocalist on this track from Paper Tiger's forthcoming Rogue Planet LP, I did a quick Google search to see just how long ago that broken-beat soul masterwork came out. It's been almost a decade and a half since "Dollar"'s slippery spacey vibe first entranced me (not to be confused with Aloe Blacc's "I Need A Dollar" from 2010).
While he's had some singles and 12" it wasn't until last year's Natural Sci-Fi on Eglo that he was well and truly back and it appears that's continuing on into 2019. Leeds UK sextet Paper Tiger create a wonderful, funky cut for Spacek's vocals to float atop and make me wish for a record where they feature as his backing band the whole way through. It's a great pairing. Rogue Planet comes out April 5 and while it doesn't feature any other collabs, the other tracks streaming on Bandcamp suggest they don't need the talents of a vocalist like Spacek to make a record that sings.
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