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20 Jazz Punk Greats (CD)

Radio Punk Records - 10 €

Second full-length by this new band from Genova, a great collective work and not just a great record. There is indeed a lot of attention to detail: from the cover art homage to Throbbing Gristle’s “20 Funk Jazz Greats,” to the magnificent concept video by Stefania Carbonara, to the interludes composed by Vulcan Boy, David Robert Knezevich and La Furnasetta, which divide the album into chapters. In addition, several musicians and instruments are featured. Even the choice of a cover version, “Liberty” by Kitchen and The Plastic Spoons, is by no means trivial. An album with an excellent instrumental performance by the four: scratchy and versatile vocals, hammering bass and drums that can also slow down and capture you, simply devastating guitar. 13 tracks to listen to carefully, because in addition to massive doses of punk rock, which will remind you several times of Leftover Crack’s “crack rocksteady,” you will find the right amount of melody, attitude and inventiveness that make this band and in particular this album indescribable, as well as more unique than rare.