As their live shows continue to charm audiences in USA, Japan and Europe, The New Mastersounds have built on their own impressive musical heritage and produced a
soulful, funk-drenched eighth studio album - real instruments, recorded
this time in downtown San Francisco.
The record opens with a classic slice of organ funk (think The Meters,
but edgier), quickly followed up with other seriously catchy syncopated
gems full of solos, inventive arrangements and gang vocals. There's a
nod in the direction of jazz-house (à la Saint Germaine),
a rolling-piano-&-spoken-word homage to New Orleans (where the band
has performed for the past six consecutive years), then a massive horn
track before the tone of the album gradually shifts to close out with a
psychedelic Hammond-rock sound reminiscent of Brian Auger. Eddie
Roberts' vintage production delivers warm soulful bass, choppy drums,
funky organ & piano, and with Eddie's signature roughneck jazz
guitar throughout.
Out On The Faultline is another corker of an album from the stalwarts of the global funk and soul-jazz movement.
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