Tv Dust’s debut album is a thoroughly mesmerising fusion of motorik percussion and jazz fuelled punk that will entice even the most reluctant of limbs into embracing its resonant beats.

Tv Dust’s initial EPs were rooted in skeletal, stripped back post-punk and it’s fair to say that Transition heralds just that, a transformation, and an absolutely captivating one at that.  The Milan band’s sound is still rooted in driving rhythms and percussive precision, but it has evolved into something altogether more evocative and intriguingly layered.  The key to this evolution has been the shedding of the vocals and the addition of a saxophone to complement the existing blend of bass, drums, and synths.

As the swinging bass line to the title track opener unfurls, we know that we are in for a treat.  The pulsing bass remains the album’s backbone throughout, allowing the drums the latitude to morph and reformulate to compelling effect – always powerfully supple, they segue from the relentlessly propulsive to the more dexterously detailed with seamless ease.

This contagious rhythmic partnership provides the perfect base for the more exuberant expressions of the sax and synths.  And not for a moment should the sax be viewed as a mere accent.  It is absolutely integral, interwoven through the entirety of the album, exploring both cleaner jazz expressions and skronking discordance with equal relish.  The swells of dissonant electronics are deployed more sparingly but with equal invention.

The band’s fiercely dynamic grip ensures that the album pacing is thoroughly well judged as it meshes and layers the uproariously danceable with passages of more meditative reflection and a cacophonous climax.  The result is a raucously mutating soundtrack to this age of uncertainty.