LA Priest - Party Zute / Learning To Love

Hearing an LA Priest song evolve is a like seeing a Charmander become a Charizard in the space of a few minutes. Yes, that version of Pokémon you’re playing is probably bugged, but Sam Dust’s the real deal.

‘Party Zute / Learning to Love’ is the surest sign yet that the sense of invention defining previous day-job Late of the Pier has only become more severe. Dust starts from scratch. Stop-start samples flicker past, jazz notes entering midway through. Cut to a couple of minutes in, and this previously modest, tame animal has morphed into a full-on juggernaut. The windows are blown, the system’s in overdrive, and Dust’s suddenly mastering a dagger-sharp dance track. By the time it closes, LA Priest has seemingly spanned across continents to reach his goal. At this breakneck rate, nothing’s going to stand in his way.