thethiefstheme

I have been grossly underestimating Slo-Ro's contributions to Soul-Junk. I've always thought him to be merely 2nd fiddle to Galloway's much more exciting style. Just there for the sake of being there more than anything else. I guess it explains why after he left they didn't apply anything they did on their rap stuff onto their rock; The guy responsible left(?) the group.

Probably for the better, atleast on Slo-Ro's end. The lack of sharesies in the verses lets him ... read more

A far more interesting take on the whole "Sing the bible at you" thing soul junk loves to do. The fact that it's not rock is the main reason it's stomachable; They've bothered to be experimental again. The sing-reading of all the lyrics(?) and ever shifting production really tickle me in a good way. There's probably albums that do this better and in less than four hours but that's not my prerogative.

It's nice to hear more free improv from Soul-Junk, even if these are what I assume to be old recordings. Really makes me wish that this was all 1958 outtakes rather than the hodgepodge it is but I guess if it was in glut then it wouldn't be so special. Wish it wasn't. I'm a glutton, I want more of it.

What even is there to say about these instrumental shindigs. These specific instrumentals sorta-kinda more interesting than the past bunch of these, but only sorta.