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bacao rhythm and steel band – brsb

tracklisting :

  1. in the crosshairs
  2. how we do
  3. hazy memories
  4. love for the sake of dub
  5. hotline bling
  6. grilled
  7. love$ick
  8. stranger things theme
  9. treasure quest
  10. nuthin’ but a g thang
  11. got my mind made up
  12. the champion’s walk

released just in time for the arrival of spring and the festival season, the brsb crew are back with their 4th self-titled album.
as per previous releases, the album is a mixture of originals and then some unexpected cover versions, all done in the bands trademarked style of funky grooves with a splash of some steel band vibes.
the whole thing comes over like one of those cheap-n-cheerful, normally 60s, library albums that you see in charity shops these days, ‘the beatles done in the style of tijuana brass‘ etc.
the band could quite possibly be one single person who has hit upon an idea that’s popular on the dancefloor, and run with it a la the situation re boney m/milli vanilli.
thankfully, it matters not, as the results are, as per previous releases, an absolute joy to listen to.
personally, i love the slow and low groove of ‘hotline bling‘, with its dub style melodica (original by drake), the weird and wonderful version of the theme from ‘stranger things‘, the bounce of snoop dogs, ‘nuthin but a g thang’, and the gorgeous album closer with added easy listening styled vocals, ‘the champions walk‘.
basically, expect to hear this stuff when you are out and about in the sunshine (fingers crossed !) over the next few months.


more detail : here