E Before F For Gonzo
Cincinnati band Foxy Shazam has just released their latest
and it can be downloaded for free here. That is a massive bonus for a record
that deserves to be heard for all of its various fuzzed, synthed and
jazz-pumped verve and energy. The album is an absolute stormer, Eric Nally’s
distinctive, high-pitched voice fuel-injected with plenty of trumpet surges and
tight vocal harmonies. It’s the theory of Blood Sweat and Tears filtered
through pop and electronica sensibilities to arrive at the here and now, but
that horn-link intact. And it might be because I’ve recently been listening to
them, but there is also a hint of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band in a track
like Have the Fun, and it’s all in
the fun of the performance, and of course that consistent energy. The nearest
to a ballad is the sortof nu-soul of In
This Life which slows things down a bit, the trumpet here soothing rather
than punching, and Nally’s vocal takes on a fair bit of emotional angst in its
delivery. E comes before F in more ways than one: Excellent and Free, and you’d be
an effing fool not to.
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