Afrikan Magik

Athens, GA's Je Suis France perfectly embodies the town's reputation for whimsical yet adventurous indie rock experimentation. The group's only agenda is to bring the jammz in as many ways possible, and to that end it plays a constantly evolving stream of psychedelic rock, drawing on influences like Gong, Superchunk, Outkast, and Spaceman 3. Je Suis France's third full-length, Afrikan Majik, tips its hat to the mighty Krautrock but doesn't stop there. Balancing slowly building jams with shorter bursts of melodic aggression, JSF takes listeners on a guideless tour of normally pretentious rock sub-genres like prog, fuzz pop, psychedelic, and even techno.