Mango Juice's "Cry Out" EP is dope reggae in bad need of a GPS. Consider Mango Juice as dub's problem child – he definitely won't die of devotion because he doesn't have Jamaica breathing down his neck, but what he does have is this rioting confluence of rock, reggae, jungle and smoky, sharpened vocals.
Side A is a tentative heads-up to the careless listener: if lustrous, raspberry-scented dub is your wet dreaming catalyst, you can jump ahead because "Fire Pon Rome" is as dark as reggae can be, with its encrypted, rum-driven layers of sound. The next track "Lovely Life" is much more Marley-oriented throughout its slowed-down, nebulous delivery.
"Beware (Ancient Astronauts remix)" opens side B in heavy machinery fashion; even though the track's backbone is quite entertaining, the forefront is much more looming than your average roots record. Interestingly enough, the original version comes after the remix.
The finale, "Love Alone", is orbiting around the Jamaican galaxy but, as the track comes to a close, it shows its true affiliation: a sound that's everywhere without being handcuffed to a certain genre. The good folks at Switchstance Recordings surely weren't snoring when they first spotted Mango Juice.
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