Jacob MillerMixed Up Moods

Deep, rolling roots reggae where the bass sits low enough to rattle the floorboards. Inner Circle's lead vocalist rides crisp percussion and a full-bodied groove with a voice that's powerful and aching at once, swooping up into those high pleading notes. The riddims breathe and stretch out, all space and warmth from the Tuff Gong room. Miller died in a car accident in 1980 at twenty-seven, the same year this came out, which lends every note extra weight. A roots set to play on a slow, hot afternoon.