2009-09-06
Out of Kalamazoo, Funktion offers soul-tinged blues on this, their debut release. Andrew Schrock does a nice job with the vocals, sometimes doing it soulfully, such as on "Hypnotyze" and sometimes doing it hip-hop style, such as on the title track. Horn solos abound, but are kept tastefully short, such as Terrence Massey's trumpet solo on "#4". Funky soul can be had on the track "Funk Spot" and on the slightly slower "Make You See". All in all, this is a fine debut album of dance floor-filling, radio-friendly blues. Rebecca RuthLITTLE MIKE AND THE TORNADOES
Forgive Me
THE CLAUDETTES
DANCE SCANDAL AT THE GYMNASIUM
LIZ MANDEVILLE
HEART 'O' CHICAGO
MARY LANE
TRAVELIN' WOMAN
BIG HEAD BLUES CLUB
100 YEARS OF ROBERT JOHNSON
Webb Wilder
Mississippi Moderne
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