Moss - Stone Soup

Bernard Moss returns to his Moss guise for his second album, STONE SOUP. It’s the blunted beats and stoner samples that you’d expect, but for a guy who made his living in the shadow of other performers, you wonder why he didn’t step out sooner. The fun starts with “The Gush of Boasts” (a play on words of the famous Brian Eno/David Byrne album), a semi-tribal trip-hop joint. “Wish” shows off the sax skills that put Moss in demand in the first place, and “Birdsong” flits around like preening cockatoo. Granted, there’s also plenty of the traditional Pork feel on this album, with tracks like “Snaps & Shakey,” which are nice and chill, but veer towards bland. But overall, though, an enjoyable album, perfect for kicking back and watching the clouds roll by.