{"id":2950,"date":"2018-12-19T05:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T05:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=2950"},"modified":"2018-12-12T18:15:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T18:15:50","slug":"neville-sugary-staples-rude-rebels-cleopatra-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=2950","title":{"rendered":"Neville & Sugary Staples-Rude Rebels (Cleopatra Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This has been a really strange review for me, it\u2019s, in fact, the second review I\u2019ve written for it, I scrapped the first thinking it just didn\u2019t fit. Not easy this reviewing lark!!! I mean come on I loved the Beat, love Ska, have very definite reggae roots but something wasn\u2019t fitting with this LP. Maybe before I heard it I had too fixed a perception of what it was going to sound like, maybe it ticked too many of my boxes and I just ran out of things to say? Who knows, but here we go the second stab.<\/p>\n

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Opener ‘Rebel Down’ skanks out of the speakers, Ska with a great punk edge, I can imagine the band opening with this baby and sending a venue mad. Next up \u201cTattoo King \u201cslows things down with a more traditional Ska beat, grounded in the dancehall as does next up \u201cWhen I call Your Name\u201d. There\u2019s almost a Lovers Rock lilt to \u201cGirl and Boy\u201d, yeah it holds on to that Ska underpinning but drifts across the reggae genres. I suppose I was expected more of the excitement generated by the beat, but let’s be honest musicians tend to gravitate towards their roots or influences.<\/p>\n

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Next up \u201cBe As One\u201d picks up the pace, but feels restrained, almost held back, but again definitely a track I can see in the live arena really exploding getting the place moving. Next up \u201cWrong Shoes\u201d again skanks nicely but has that feeling of restraint, something being held back. There\u2019s a pattern developing here!!\u00a0 \u201cOriginal Rudegirl Sound\u201d again Skanks out of the speakers but doesn\u2019t explode in the way it could. live I think this would be stunning, I just wish it didn\u2019t feel so held back. \u201cWhy Oh Why\u201d again hits almost a Lovers Rock vibe, only the horns hinting at its underpinning, I sound like a broken record this would sound great exploding off the stage, the dual vocals countering each other could give it a real edge. \u201cSka to the Beat\u201d strays into Madness territory, but with a more traditional feel, this could almost have come out of the sixties dancehall sound in Jamaica.<\/p>\n

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Next up \u201cDirty little Liar\u201d again hits that traditional Ska sound and in all honesty prior to next up \u201cWay of Life\u201d the LP had begun to lose me, this to me is probably the stand out track on the LP, it kicks some serious ass, skankin’ as it should but then we drift with \u201cWay I love you\u201d and \u201cWoulda Coulda Shoulda\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Now if you\u2019ve read this far you\u2019d probably think, well is it a good LP or not? Truth is I\u2019m really not sure what I think. As a traditional Ska LP, it ticks every box, live I can really see it sending a venue into a frenzy, as the band did at this year’s Rebellion Festival. But for me something\u2019s not quite right it feels restrained, almost lacking in confidence, not quite sure of its place or time, almost held back, let the fucker explode!!!! This could be immense. \u00a0I suppose that\u2019s why I\u2019ve written this twice, live it would be absolutely immense but on LP it hasn\u2019t quite done it for me.<\/p>\n

Buy Rude Rebels Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Author: Neville Brooks<\/p>\n