As breezily inviting as the flying carpet ride that the cover's marker sketch would convey, the ninth record from Gruff Rhys breathes easily between acoustic strummers and orchestral, electro-acoustic rhythms. The fourth long player sung in the musician's native Welsh and joined by veteran collaborators Cate Le Bon and H. Hawkline on backing vocals, Dim Probs utilizes the Rhys playbook in crafting shambolic pop songs that serve as an antidote for inherently grim overtones . . .
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