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Track by Track Review
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Behind Our Eyes
Horns start this and they take it out to a bouncy kind of groove. It’s got hip-hop, reggae and a lot of other sounds built into it. In some ways this feels a little like Barenaked Ladies, particularly in the somewhat crazy, off-kilter element. They take it into a more melodic element for nice effect. This is quite a cool tune that’s hard to pin down in terms of style or genre. There’s even a straight up rap in the middle of the cut. It’s accessible despite feeling a little “weird.” |
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Elastic Booty Shorts While the blend of sounds isn’t as diverse here, this is sort of like a bouncy rap meets an electronic pop sound. Still, that doesn’t take the horns into account, and the horn section is a great touch, along with the soaring melodic movement. There’s even a Chuck Mangione name check and musical quote built into this. |
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All Is Water Jazz meets a smooth R & B groove as this comes into existence. This tune is the most straightforward ride to this point. It’s definitely more mainstream than the first two cuts, and does a great job of living within a real jazzy jam. This is arguably the strongest tune of the set. Still, they do add a rap near the end. |
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Runaway Starting with acoustic guitar motifs, the cut takes on a definite reggae vibe as it shifts to the next section. The chorus, though, is surely set in a modern pop rock sound. There’s a smoking hot jazz-like section complete with saxophone solo. Still, it gets a hip-hop element added through a rap. |
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Do Or Die This powers in with a cool jazz rock vibe, then it turns more hip-hop oriented. From there we get more jazzy sounds merged with reggae. A killer jazz rock jam is heard from there. And, then, in a constant shifting pattern, it turns towards a real hip hop based movement. A high energy jam emerges later in the piece that really seems to do a great job of merging that rock sound with the jazz elements. This is certainly another highlight of the set. |
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People of America While reggae is the main sound on this one, the other elements are heard, as well. The funny thing is, this is a really good number, it just seems to pale in comparison to the killer that preceded it. |
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