Album Review: Lee “Scratch” Perry- King Perry

I occasionally bask in the surreal memory of a 2009 performance by Lee “Scratch” Perry at the Beaumont Club in Kansas City. The Upsetter died in 2021. His new posthumous album King Perry is everything I might have hoped for. The sounds range from the loopy dub he pioneered to the futuristic ambient pop spawned by his inventiveness. Taut but not uptight, the collection overflows with eternal soul fire.