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‘Peaceboy’/‘Trouble’ (Single, Breakin’ Bread Records) • One of Bristol’s longest-established groove machines finally gets vinyl-y, and snappy stuff it turns out to be. From its rattling start there’s a brisk energy to the funky ‘Peaceboy’, with vocalist Elle Dee blatantly throwing herself both at the tune and the young man in question, urged on by Andrew Neil Hayes’s ripsnorting sax solo. Things get a bit moodier on ‘Trouble’, the sound more stripped and clipped for a slow-burn start as Ms Dee gives someone a soulful warning of the consequences of their actions. Both tracks exemplify Edenheight’s strengths – rhythmic discipline atmospherically deployed with due respect to the funk tradition in the 21st century – nicely caught in the studio. (Tony Benjamin) Copyright Tony Benjamin 2011 |
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