CIRKUS

Medicine

cirkustent.com

Trailblazing trip-hop producer Cameron McVey and his wife, “Buffalo Stance” singer Neneh Cherry, have been making anything-goes 21^st century pop music since at least the late ’80s. For their second album as cirKus, the forward-looking couple again teams with daughter Lolita Moon and producer-guitarist Karmil, creating the musical equivalent of a family juggling act. From the woozy swagger of opener “Drug of Choice” to the pulsing electro-ska of “Hardly Breathing,” the foursome flips through numerous styles—dub, hip-hop and pop—with the surest of hands. The music is cluttered in spots, like on the synth-heavy “Unattended Bag,” but by and large Medicine is a pleasure to swallow.