BREAKESTRA – Lowdown Stank/ Miss Funky Sole – 2008 – Single review/ Free download

BREAKESTRA – Lowdown Stank/ Miss Funky Sole – 2008 – Single review/ Free download
RATING: 3/5
L.A.’s retro crew release a double slice of funky action and this week they are mostly being…James Brown. Yep Mixmaster Wolf is on vocals again which means there’s plenty of ‘uhhh’ and ‘huh’ although, personally, I always feel he could do with a bit more ‘owww’ and crucially a bit more range in his singing. Miss Funky Sole’s homage to (I imagine) some sexy be-afro’d diva is all rolling break, horns and organs while Lowdown Stank has…er…a rolling break along the lines of former Breakestra high point Stand Up/ Take My Time - which frankly you’d be better off seeking out. It’s alright but it ain’t nothing you ain’t heard before. But don’t take the monkey’s word for it – if you strike while the iron is hot (i.e. in the next five days or so) you can lift an mp3 of both tracks from Breakestra’s myspace – though as the band warn you these are tasters and – ‘Stank is 112 kpps while Miss Funky Sole is a bizarrely quieter 192 kbps. Go figure. And listen.
Out now on Now Again U.S.
LINKS
Listen/ Download Lowdown Stank/ Miss Funky Sole
Breakestra - Myspace