"If nothing else, Mahal is a reminder that keeping time is better than relentlessly managing it. Bear has hopped between genres since his earliest singles, and he has already corralled his disparate influences into fully realized statements like 2013's expansive Anything in Return and 2011's taut Underneath the Pine. On paper, the Toro y Moi album that Mahal most resembles is the guitar-oriented What For?, but this time Bear sounds confident enough to relax. "Hustles got you losing touch," Bear warns on the sweeping finale "Days in Love." Less hustle, more flow".