Bird Head Son doesn’t hold back and ask ‘would you like to step inside?’ No, this album grabbed our hand and started gesticulating, chatting and laughing all the time, walking excitedly beside us. And the stories come thick and fast. It’s a journey you see, a journey to lands RealMusic Blog has never been to of mango trees and jungles, stories of brothers, cousins and friends we’ve not met but have now been introduced to. There is poetry here, delivered in breathless and excited style from Anthony Joseph, intense stories of relationships, politics and laughter which draw upon the poetry foundation of the dub poets Linton Kwesi Johnson or Benjamin Zephaniah. But this album isn’t just Anthony Joseph: we’ve also got the Spasm Band, funking out for our pleasure and undoubtedly their own. There’s some serious partying going on in the wild and exuberant style of the great funk outfits the Meters, Fela Kuti or The J.B.s. The Spasm Band are a professional funk outfit you see: they would not put forward a funk unless they meant it. And here’s what they mean by funk: wild saxophone, vocal interplay, percussion, weaving basslines and intricate rhythm - it’s all here.
Read the full review at uk.real.com
Monday 16 February 2009
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