Musical kinks have served Sam Eastgate well.

The eclectic electronic indie-pop of his previous band, Late of the Pier, was always out of step with the rest of that pack, while Eastgate’s sidelines have always deviated from following a straight line.

This debut solo effort is similarly off-kilter, an album where the only throughline is often the fact that there’s no throughline.

Inji is the result of Eastgate heading this way and that in search of sounds that twist and turn, from stoned psychedelia to languid ballads to infectious funk.

This blending of genres and styles does find a cohesion, thanks to Eastgate's songcraft and arranging chops, which are well formed and capable of hitting the mark on the bubbly Oino, A Good Sign and especially the spry Party Zute/Learning to Love.

A fantastic feat and feast of prime-time electicism.

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