from the LP No Más, Luaka Bop Records, 2010Yessssssss… This is the kind of musical pastiche that gives one hope for the future, full of brawny breaks & swirling organ, fuzzy flanged-out guitars playing alongside one determined-ass bassline, everything rolling together flawlessly like those old school green-leaf blunts. Yes, you are listening to samples and loops galore, but not clipped from other sources like duo Javelin become famous for after dropping their minty fresh Jamz & Jemz mixtape--- nope, on this LP they played all the music you hear being sampled themselves, which has a rather twisted ironic beauty to it, don’t you think? Any reviewer that doesn’t catch the heady soulful fusion that’s happening here should find themselves a new job; it’s telling that David Byrne’s label Luaka Bop snatched them up quickly. The perfect soundtrack for a hazy late summers day, look out for the mind-melting guitar solo that snarls to life around 1:40 into the track, it may just push you one toke over the line, so to speak (don’t say I didn’t warn ya)…
