This is album number seven for Sweden’s Funk-O-Metal kings. They disappeared from sight after 94’s Freewheelin’ but were reborn in 2011 with And Them Boys Done Swang.
The album unusually kicks off with an instrumental, The Upside Down Theme. It starts as you would expect, with the Electric Boys and some serious funk rock swagger, but then we visit the Caribbean with some cool reggae vibes added to the mix. Super God follows and we are back to familiar territory with a super catchy hook and chorus with a cool funk groove straight out of the early 70’s. Tumbling Dominoes has more of a commercial vibe with a huge Americana feel. Never Again Your Slave rips in with a killer groove and riff that reminds me of Rage Against The Machine, but as usual with the EB’s that little bit of psychedelia makes it their own. She Never Turns Around follows and it’s a stripped down acoustic intro with a heavy late sixties Pink Floyd groove to the main song. Great track!
Globestrutter bursts life into Side 2 with a heavy, juiced up Faces groove, but that middle eight is super cool. The Dudes And The Dancers is my favourite track on the album. An awesome, weird, bluesy intro with a great sleazy undertone. Love the barroom sing along chorus. Twang Em And Kerrang Em is up next and what a killer name for a tune. An uptempo swing with a late sixties surfs up groove. It’s Not The End follows and that intro guitar melody is so cool in what basically is a ballad. We close out the record with Interstellafella. A good old simple rock n’ roll romp with added weirdness when need.
A good solid album.
8.5/10 from the Grooveman.
