Listening to… Joker

Joker, The Vision. Leisurely pops and squeaks suffuse a matter-of-fact futuristic vision intoned with R&B/soul smolder-fervor. “Milky Way” sounds like a ‘70s video game mated with a roadhouse jukebox. The closing number is a portentous piano-introed instrumental which bears the disorienting title “The Magic Causeway,” which is way too Harry Potter-sounding to take seriously.