Since debuting on Going Good Records in 2015, Yoshinori Hayashi has delivered a string of singles and EPs that sidestep convention in favour of more intriguing, esoteric and leftfield musical pastures. The Japanese producer treads a similar path on this belated debut album for Smalltown Supersound, mixing and mangling crackling samples, odd instrumentation, exotic percussion, slipped soul, wonky beats, mind-altering experimental pop, jazzy flourishes, ultra-deep club rhythms and flashes of out-there, intergalactic ambience. It's a curious blend, that's for sure, but one that repeatedly pays dividends, with eccentric and inspired highlights surging from the speakers at a furious rate. If you're in the mood to be surprised, entertained and challenged in equal measure, Hayashi has your back.