The Cut Throat Razors - Motown's Lost Its Soul EP
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| The Cut Throat Razors - Motown's Lost Its Soul |
Release Date: 27th November 20115
Anyone ready for an eleven piece
Glaswegian funk machine? Oh really? I don't think you are, y'know. Not for this
jelly. The Cut Throat Razors (more punk than funk but a great name nonetheless)
have a new EP which kicks off with the title track, 'Motown's Lost Its Soul'
and, well, we're off. Like a young Stevie Wonder trying to impress Craig
Charles for a little air time on a Saturday night, the funk is strong in this
collective as the tight guitars scratch while the keys ooze and pop like whisky
and coke....on the rocks. 'Losing My Mind' is up next and has a more
rock'n'roll feel with some Doors-esque keys going on and a Zutons meets Franz
Ferdinand feel - not to mention the dirtiest guitars I've heard outside of a
grunge record in a very long time. It is remarkable how, despite being an
eleven piece band, the personality of each instrumentalist comes through at
different stages and that says a lot about the song writing.
The second half of this
collection, 'She's My Baby' is straight out of the West Coast swinging 60s with
surfing guitars and a touch of the MFC Chicken about the song structure just
without all the poultry references. Closing up with 'A Beautiful Day', The Cut
Throat Razors show of a more poppy side that is reminiscent of compatriots
Belle & Sebastian or Teenage Fanclub and this could be the kind of song
that could see them cross over to a wider listenership, albeit not particularly
indicative of their core sound. There's an EP launch coming up in Glasgow and I can only imagine these
guys will be a blast live although they must a sound man's nightmare in smaller
venues - so for the sake of the band and the soundmen (and women) of Glasgow's
smaller venues, buy a copy of this EP and propel these guys'n'gals to bigger
things (and places).
More information: https://www.facebook.com/thecutthroatrazors/?fref=ts
Live Dates:
27th November - EP Launch @ Stereo, Glasgow w/SUPA + Da
Kryptonites