Debut album of retro-R&B from LA soulsters.
Michael Fitzpatrick and his band, which includes former members of Dilated Peoples and De La Soul, are on a mission: to reclaim the original US R&B, an American invention, remember, even if the dominance of UK soul girls (Adele, Amy, Joss et al) on both sides of the Atlantic over the past few years would suggest otherwise.
Basically, if you’re a Stax and Motown fetishist, you’ll love what these revivalists are doing. Apparently, mainman Fitz is a fan of ABC and The Style Council and based this album on their early-80s white funk output, but there is no shiny post-modernism to be found on the debut Tantrums album. Rather, it is a feast of 60s and 70s soul references, both lyrical and musical. Indeed, so rife are they, and so cleverly are they woven into the songs, that you sometimes have to pinch yourself that you’re not actually listening to "the real thing".
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Bron: BBC Music