Shore Obsessed

An album by Hisham Bharoocha, onetime member of Lightning Bolt and Black Dice, sounds chaotic in theory, especially for anyone who has seen him in action on-stage, where he builds intricate songs from the ground up by way of looping samples and furiously beating his drums. Shore Obsessed is a far cry from the aggressive experimentation of his former projects. Instead, Bharoocha is set on making positive, thoughtful dance music. Even though he is a drummer at heart, the album is synth-heavy, with Benjamin Vida handling those duties (and a few guitar parts), and Bharoocha laying down the rest of the album's scope with guitar, bass, electronic programming, and vocals (minus the occasional sultry backup by Matteah Baim). ~ Jason Lymangrover