Building a Beginning

2016 release. British poly-genre wizard Jamie Lidell's Building a Beginning, is his sixth album and follow-up to 2013's wild-eyed self-titled effort. Whereas his last album was a full-body immersion into strident electro and pop sounds, Building a Beginning is Lidell purifying himself in the waters of smooth, earthy psychedelic soul think the subtle low end of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, the swirling loveliness of Temptations' Cloud Nine, and the beatific radiance of Steve Wonder, all imbued with Lidell's distinctive songwriting touch and impossibly gorgeous vocals. Features Pat Sansone (Wilco) and Daru Jones (Jack White).