5つ星のうち5.0Solid creative rock groove with a dirty funk twist
2011年10月10日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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I first heard Mover's debut single release Move Over back in 1998 and was blown away by its bursting drive and confidence. Occasionally I'd pull it out, crank up the volume and let the music's adrenalin rush do the rest, then it would go back in the collection and I'd forget about them. Recently I'd been hankering after some fresh new material to listen to and remembered Mover, so I took a punt on Fly Casual - I wasn't to be disappointed. From what I can gather of the bands meagre history (or web based rumour), Fly Casual was recorded after a tour of Japan and came to be their final release in 2001 so there's no compromise on the sound; no going out on a cheap shot but rather a heady, raunchy celebration of the bands vision. There are no solos in the usual manner (like in the single Move Over). Instead they treat you to one creative groove after another where everything seems to mesh and rock through a series of surreal sound scapes of complete originality, but the individual flare is still present (check out the blistering guitar work on Hit the Switches). The lead vocalist, Sam Hazeldine, has taken on other extras like a Rhodes, Korg and Wurlitzer which gives the bands unique sound even more of an edge, while John Ruscoe on guitar, Erik Bower on drums and Felix Taylor on bass are just brilliant and the Superior Quality Recordings label printed on the cover doesn't lie. Sam's big voice and lynch pin lyrics add soulful grain to the bands amazing feels and texture. Fly Casual is a far greater creative effort than their debut Mover CD. It launches off from where most other bands peak and continues an upward trajectory from there: or, in their own words . . . "Starts off as a regular landscape, but give it a while, and you can see it start to change shape".
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