This duo from Brighton wander through a variety of topics over the course of eleven tracks, and as they pound their way through a high-octane set of rage-inducing hardcore punk, they would like you to keep your fat mouth shut and listen for once.
Opening track "Una Cumbia En Kinshasa" easily sets the stage for this transcontinental sound melange, a collaboration between Peruvian-born, Berlin-based Hop and Congolese soukous guitar player Bakorta. It's full of joy and weird production touches
Matt Berry returns, this time emerging from his velvet time machine with a suitcase full of pop psychedelia worthy of a light show and some very stiff drinks, and you are but a wide-eyed innocent allowed to hang out at his groovy pad.
Sure, bring your slick neon-tinged indie rock in here. I don't care that you sprinkled keyboards and saxophones all over in addition to the stabbing guitars, distressed vocals, and plucky bass. It just needs a beat we can dance to.
Thick and syrupy, this is an American counterbalance to the heady psych-funk acts coming out of Australia recently, The interplay between jazzy elements and dense pop textures makes for a distinctive sound, drawing you into its warm fuzzy embrace.
We can’t say which alternate timeline Art D’Ecco came from, but we are grateful and hope they don’t miss them too dearly.
Ale Bop and Titi Bakorta cook up a pan-global feast for the ears.
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