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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from British trio GoGo Penguin features guest appearances by the Manchester Collective, Daudi Matsiko and Rakhi Singh.
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  1. Mojo
    Aug 6, 2025
    80
    The trio return with 12 mesmeric tracks that are a love letter to their native south Manchester and its iconic brutalist architecture. [Aug 2025, p.85]
  2. Aug 6, 2025
    80
    GoGo Penguin are skilled at blending their tonalities in such a way that it generates anticipation to see how these tunes might take off in the live setting.
  3. Aug 6, 2025
    70
    The slightly dubby and distorted "What We Are and What We Are Meant to Be" is the band's own acknowledgement that they're challenging themselves and pushing themselves forward.
  4. Aug 6, 2025
    70
    Hopefully the addition of vocals, and modular synths heard best on the ‘Naga Ghost’ outro, signals more experimentation in the future.