Mhmmm: Rock n Soul. Sound technically one of the warmest bands these days are back

Mhmmm: Rock Soul. Sound technically one of the warmest bands these days are back. The feel-good story of the Alabama Shakes course was not easy to digest for the protagonists, three years ago, when even not so long together muckende pubs band Alabama discovered and within one year with three Grammy nominations and praise of Adele about Jimmy Page until Jack White and Barack Obama was incensed because of their pleasant, soulful debut Boys & Girls.

The Alabama Shakes are among the bands who know how everything back to direct a bit, having a bad day, a sad emotional state, the shakes are there like an acting medication as an antidote. The song that all associate with the shakes was Hold On, a Entschleunigungsaufruf in rock, before the breakthrough of Kurt Vile, he brought faith, dignity and sincerity in souligster skirt shape, he was her song on the debut About Boys & Girls.

Sound & Color also has: the first single Do not Wanna Fight, a feeling Manifesto, a full bluesy soul despair gecroontes supplication for peace and freedom from conflict. How much of a song, a certain moment can, touch that teaches this deeply moving song of the year candidate.

The shock suddenly to be successful, to run on the iPod by the President to have played in the White House, admittedly rather a result of the current presidency, than anything else was the Shakes other ways to go with her successor, such as tape and label not to Tired stress. Honestly gift. They do all that. Yes, for their circumstances is the first song that was done for the new album, Gemini, almost Krautrock; Yes, Sound & Color diffuses into various varieties of soulful rock: that beautiful Bassgetippel with Nina Simone moments to Guess, the stadium-ready rock stomper Give Me All Your Love, the countryeske uptempo number shoegaze. All evidence of their development, their departure from the uniform sound of the debut.

But no: have great clip, the fact why the Shakes always sound quite similar, no matter what they try, and an instantly recognizable, is and will remain Brittany Howard. How this woman begs, pressed, breathed, as this woman croont, plows and touched is therapeutic. For themselves, for sure, but also for us. It may give more magnificent music there. But the shakes are as solid as a rock. Here everything back to back just a bit. A peace tank. I dont want to fight.

MQ