After a clutch of disarmingly opaque releases, Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland’s exceptional Hyperdub LP Black Is Beautiful was notable for its directness.

Yes, the record still sounded like a relic exhumed from an Indian burial ground, but there was an unapologetic tunefulness to proceedings; for the first time, the irony to earnestness ratio was definitely skewed in favour of the latter. This same trend appears to have bled into the pair’s respective solo ventures. Last week, Dean Blunt surprised us with the adorable ‘FLAXEN’. This time around, it’s the turn of Inga Copeland to emerge blinking into the light.

Copeland hasn’t taken a solo turn since last year’s self-titled EP, notable for the dog-tired UK Funky cut ‘Trample’. New track ‘BMW’ is an unusually forthright transmission from an artist clearly becoming increasingly comfortable with her more accessible impulses. On her collaborations with Blunt, Copeland’s is typically smothered under a blanket of tape hiss and distortion. Here, her vulpine warble steps out front and centre. The hydraulic percussion and low-slung bassline aren’t exactly breezy, but they’re certainly not oppressive either; ‘BMW’ could convincingly pass as a studio outtake from Massive Attack’s Mezzanine.

Details are sketchy for now, but ‘BMW’ is expected to serve as an aperitif for a forthcoming 12″, titled ‘Faith’. [via No Fear Of Pop]