MAHAL is an unmistakably Toro y Moi experience, calling back to previous works while charting a new path forward in a way that only Bear can do.

MAHAL is the latest in an accomplished career for Bear, who’s undoubtedly one of the decade’s most influential musicians. Since the release of the electronic pop landmark Causers of This in 2009, subsequent records as Toro y Moi have repeatedly shifted the idea of what his sound can be. But there’s little in Bear’s catalog that will prepare you for the deep-groove excursions onMAHAL, his most eclectic record to date. The second the album begins we’re immediately transported into the passenger seat, jeep sounds and all, ready for the ride Chaz and company have concocted for us. Seeds of some ofMAHAL’s 13 songs date back to the more explicitly rock-oriented What For? from 2015.