Los Thuthanaka’s Wak’a is a mellower follow-up to last year’s surprise Pitchfork favorite

Los Thuthanaka fundamentally came retired of obscurity past twelvemonth to seizure Pitchfork's album of the year with their self-titled debut. Because it wasn't disposable connected streaming, it mostly flew nether the radar. I honestly benignant of forgot astir it until Pitchfork gave it the fig 1 spot successful its year-end list. In retrospect, I'm not wholly definite how, though. Los Thuthanaka sounds similar thing else. It's joyous, jagged, and sounds similar it's being blasted retired of a breached Bluetooth talker successful your neighbor's backyard - it's glorious.

The follow-up EP Wak'a turns down the tempo and smooths immoderate of the sharper edges. It uses the aforesaid dependable palette of blo …

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