"Snarky Puppy helped bring '70s-style fusion into the jam band era with a series of Grammy-winning albums that found them incorporating elements of funk, jazz-rock, and blues. Produced by bassist and bandleader Michael League, 2019's Immigrance continues this trajectory with a set of highly kinetic instrumental tracks (purportedly inspired by the band's travels around the globe) that balance exploratory improvisation with intricately arranged group interplay ... Ultimately, the evocative nature of much of Snarky Puppy's music on Immigrance lends it a soundtrack vibe, as if each song were originally scored to the visual, cinematic beats of one of the band's world tours"