NPR All Things On Dan Mangan: "Riveting, Ambitious, Thoroughly Engrossing"

NPR's All Things Considered reviewed Dan Mangan + Blacksmith's 'Club Meds' (out now, Arts & Crafts), praising the group's "turn towards the experimental" as "wildly ambitious and thoroughly engrossing." Listen to the rave review to hear about Mangan's inspiration ranging from Peter Gabriel to Margaret Atwood, the formation of Blacksmith from Vancouver's avant-garde jazz scene, and crafting music the way a novelist writes.

‘Club Meds’ has earned praise stateside and overseas, with SPIN calling the album “enthralling,” Consequence of Sound hailing the “looping synths, intricate drum patterns, and cascading guitars,” UK's Q Magazine raving it is “a bold move from a rapidly developing talent,” and many more.