so last night i remembered how good Afro Celt Sound System is

and if ANYTHING about the band name "Afro Celt Sound System" appeals to you, you will probably like them too

to me vol. 3 further in time is like... the quintessential acss

this is about as pop as they get, so it's a good introduction so to speak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNI2Tb24ofI if you like what you hear, the whole album's fantastic

@wigglytuffitout aw maaan

I'm confliiiicted, I like the music a lot but the Phil Collins-esque vocals are good but not really my style

@InspectorCaracal then honestly you'll probably like the rest of it much better, that's just the like... entry level hook to get normies interested HA

try https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmh1cZQuXk on for size. that song isn't built around a guest artist singer, but instead by a regular band member on vocals. they're honestly majority non-vocal tracks

Persistence of Memory is a lot more chill and slow but i think is also lovely

@InspectorCaracal the same singer pops up often throughout their albums, he's part of the standard band iirc, singing mostly in gaelic but occasionally english

singing in languages i can understand is the definite minority of vocal tracks LMAO, most of the vocals are in various celtic and african languages

they get more vocal-ish as they go on in the discography if that makes sense? so you might be a fan of earlier stuff moreso

@wigglytuffitout so noted!

I don't mind vocals, but I have Strong Opinions

@InspectorCaracal honestly same hat

i have to be in the mood for When You're Falling, it's def they were trying to go for "let's attempt to get something on the charts"

i really really like the vocal groove they got for Seed

Nevermore is a bit cheesy duet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qfElBWYlu4 but like, it's good cheese. this is cheese that is prime for powering writing your fantasy novel yknow? it is That Groove