The Bamboos
Medicine Man
Inertia Recordings
two out of five
With
fifth full-length release Medicine Man,
Melbourne nine-piece The Bamboos have delivered a mixed bag. The raw funk and real, old soul they
exuded in their early days is still prevalent, but it seems to play second
fiddle to a slew of pop-esque numbers which lack the urgency and rough-edged
realism of their counterparts.
Whether
or not the band are making a run at a more accessible sound I don’t know, but
where this record really shines is in the funky grooves and heavy beats of
tracks like ‘I Got Burned’ featuring a falsetto-singing Tim Rogers, ‘Cut Me
Down’ and ‘What I Know’, both with vocals from powerhouse Kylie Auldist. In comparison, the rest of the record
seems like filler which, while finely executed, has nothing on the funk ‘n’
soul.
Samuel J. Fell
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