Honey Pig, Bosley, 2011, :37
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Never heard of this band before, and I was missing out! It's modern blue-eyed soul-funk. These guys have a lot more cojones than the unjustly more famous Meyer Hawthorne. The songs on this album range from Prince-style pop-funk jams to muscly Otis Redding-style shouters. There’s even a hint of raspy Tom Waits-style maudlin sob story, but with swinging horns and catchy choruses. From the first moments of the first track, you're strutting through the '70s; by the last track, you're swinging in a '40s club. Excellent, exciting, energetic stuff. I definitely will revisit this band. Favorite tracks: "Neon Magazine," "Coca Cola."
