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If Black Dice’s 2005 full-length was their broken ear record, then Repo, the groups’ fifth official studio album, might become known as their broken brain record. There is a pervasive feel throughout Repo that its musicians have suffered significant dendrite damage, their synapses a dull spark of the lightning bolts they once were: this album sounds mentally fried through and through. Its lazy mishmash of urban sounds, fractured break beats, car horns, lackadaisical rhythms, and odd cartoon sounds might offer a glimpse as to why it’s called Repo, seemingly Repossessing a panoply of cultural and societal sounds �" from the...