Review: After setting European stages on fire with the release of their first LP in 2022, the almighty Turkish band Lalalar return with En Kotu Iyi Olur, an album that reflects their stated image: edgy, independent, political, and tremendously effective. With their roots in Anatolian poetry and culture - but focusing on a club-oriented, uncompromising rock - this is a remarkable album of previously-thought-to-be-impossible fusions, rendering Turkish music danceable and festival-ready, but also refusing to be pigeonholed in any easy manner of categoric speaking. Wild stuff.
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