The Budos Band - Long In The Tooth (Daptone)

WHAT THE COVER LOOKS LIKE:

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WHAT WE SAY:

Jump right into the week with the propulsive Ethio jazz funk grooves of The Budos Band & their new LP for Daptone Records. Plenty of "hit the week running" grooves, a bit of rock swagger & a psyche lick to give your Monday a healthy purple tint.

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WHAT YOUR EARS SAY:

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WHAT THE RELEASE NOTES SAY:

Celebrating 15 years from the release of their debut album, Daptone's Royal Court from Staten Island delivers a truly epic collection of new material that finds the group further bridging the gap between the farfisa-fueled Ethio-Funk stylings of their early recordings, with the psychedelic, Sabbath-inspired hellfire of late.

“In some ways, it’s reminiscent of our first two albums The Budos Band and Budos II,” says Tom Brenneck. “We branched off on Burnt Offering and V. Now, we’re still moving forward. You can play these songs on the dance-floor. We knew the horns had to stand out too. Thinking about hip-hop allowed us to put the bounce back into The Budos.” This is evident from needle drop to final rotation. Heavy drum breaks, reminiscent of the B-Boy approved grooves of their early output reign supreme, setting the stage for the pulsating, hallucinatory wall of organ, menacing horns, and rugged guitar riffs to permeate your soul - leaving the listener in a rhythmic wash of Budonian rapture.

Long in the Tooth represents the culmination of a 15-year journey by a band that has consistently carved its own distinct path through the grooves of history.