"the song doesn't waste any time getting straight into an easy, breezy yacht rocking groove that suggests the late seventies never went away"

"a throwback, modern soul banger with all the deepness of those golden age classics, and something of the Normal Whitfield to it"

"Elsewhere showing her vocal versatility by switching between tower block spitting and dream soul, both styles effortlessly riding the broken beats and late night mood."

"And so the song continues for six, all too short minutes, a heart wrenching window into Ellis' childhood and his gospel and jazz roots."

"a group of working musicians ploughing traditional and alternative furrows in more rural communities. To be honest I never even knew that white gospel was even a thing"

"It's as good a slice of oh so nice nu-soul as you'll hear this year. Now for that album."

Schalda singing the track's title is the first thing you'll hear upon hitting play, and once heard it will probably be the last thing you hear before you go to bed

" the crew have attained quite the spiritual/psychedelic (delete as applicable or choose both) soulful jazz-funk state."

"Far-out funkiness and some cosmic bump is the order of the day with "scampi strut" with Varian setting the keyboard controls for the heart of the sun"

"The vocal sits in some stylistic confluence of soul rooted spoken word, pre-blues field song and threat - quite the achievement"

"Herbert for his part dusts off his warmer, less provoctive box of studio tricks to accentuate his studio partners soulful tones and loose rhythmic work"

If you want a snapshot of where London’s more cultured soul boys and girls are at these days then tune in.

Her tale of yesterdays, rather like the rest of the band's contributions, are effortlessly soulful and soothing

easy grooving, bossa nodding, smooth AOR winking, yacht rocking, warm and uplifting, soulful jazz

if you need a dose of instrumental soul and funk with a real deal '60s and '70s golden age vibe straight from analogue heaven in Cincinnati, Ohio then look no further

drops the dance floor designs for a lovely warm Sunday morning vibe, even daring to venture north of the border on “Favela“ to pay respects to the care free bossa sounds of their neighbours.

but hold tight for a full on lysergic, purgatorial sounding meltdown finale, graced by Shariff's far out and freaky vocal talents.

you really need to check these dudes out if deep nu-disco, slo-mo soulful house and Balearic chuggers are your thing.

just kick back and sink into these beautifully crafted, cinematic, jazzy and funktified interpretations

the deep soulfulness and quality are very real

join the dots between Americana, jazz, the softer side of AOR, blues and good natured singer songwriting

They're admirably focussed on bringing the golden age of twentieth century orchestra crooning & silky blue eyed soul into the 20th century

an unflinching lo-fi vibe, which adds a shadowy, THC saturated mood to the deep rooted soul and low slung funkiness

sees him heading further into soulful pop territory, but this is not autotuned, music by numbers fare, it's loose, live and swinging.