Now Time Delegation - Watch For Today
by Cara Ross
published: 17 / 12 / 2001
Label:
In the Red Records
Format: CD
intro
This is a great album on In The Red Records...already one I know for sure that I'll be tacking on to my top 10 list for 2001. Fans of the Bellrays will already be familiar with Lisa Kekaula’s voice,
This is a great album on In The Red Records...already one I know for sure that I'll be tacking on to my top 10 list for 2001. Fans of the Bellrays will already be familiar with Lisa Kekaula’s voice, and it’s this medium that really lets the depth of what she’s capable of shine. Apart from that, fans of virtually anything and everything cool, particularly in the garage-punk arena, will also be familiar with the work of Tim Kerr (Big Boys, Poison 13, Jack O’Fire, the Lord High Fixers and Monkeywrench...not to mention having his hand in a number of other production/sound engineering pies, including the Mooney Suzuki). You’ll here find him guitar-mongering at his finest with the Delegation. Someone described this to me as the ultimate make-out record, and I can’t argue with that. One way or the other you will want to bump and grind to this one, whether dancing or ahem...otherwise. Lisa makes you want to belt out every song right along with her, but this is a way more soulful avenue for her than the Bellrays. The Now Time Delegation is able to take simplicity and make it sound really BIG, and have a beautiful soul garage sound that covers, and pays homage to a lot of the greats, à la Curtis Mayfield. Kekaula has a large gospel voice that makes this truly work, and transports you back in time making it all fresh again. She is the woman that every man wants to have sex with and every woman wants to be. It’s true. I want to be her. The record sleeve dubs them as “Nina Simone played by the Animals”, among others, and that is certainly an apt description. Throw in organist Kari Luna, bassist Alex Cuervo, and drummer Steve Adkins, all with impressive credentials of their own, and you have a beautiful MC5 meets Aretha Franklin supergroup. Watch for Today, and watch for this album, you need it.
Track Listing:-
1 Raise Your Hand2 Little Miss Fortune
3 Getting The Corners
4 Layin On The Ground
5 Hangin Tree
6 Keep On Pushin
7 Nothing But A Heartache
8 Bye Bye
9 Bert's Apple Cumble
10 Handle Me With Care
11 Stand And Deliver
12 Look To Tomorrow
Label Links:-
http://intheredrecords.com/https://www.facebook.com/In-The-Red-Recordings-39064159876/
https://instagram.com/intheredrecords/
https://twitter.com/intheredrecords
most viewed articles
current edition
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities - #15- On Being Dignified and Old aka Ten Tips From Jah Wobble On How To Be Happy.Dennis Tufano - Copernicus Center, Chicago, 19/7/2024
Elliott Murphy - Interview
Wreckless Eric - Interview
Adrian Gurvitz - Interview
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities - #16: Living in the Minds of Strangers
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities - #17: Tom Robinson
Norman Rodger - Interview
Chris Spedding - Interview
Penumbra - Interview
most viewed reviews
current edition
Groovy Uncle - Making ExcusesBill Wyman - Drive My Car
Hawkestrel - Chaos Rocks
Philip Parfitt - The Dark Light
Ross Couper Band - The Homeroad
Deep Purple - =1
Jules Winchester - The Journey
Popstar - Obscene
John Murry and Michael Timmins - A Little Bit of Grace and Decay
Splashgirl and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - More Human
Pennyblackmusic Regular Contributors
Adrian Janes
Amanda J. Window
Andrew Twambley
Anthony Dhanendran
Benjamin Howarth
Cila Warncke
Daniel Cressey
Darren Aston
Dastardly
Dave Goodwin
Denzil Watson
Dominic B. Simpson
Eoghan Lyng
Fiona Hutchings
Harry Sherriff
Helen Tipping
Jamie Rowland
John Clarkson
Julie Cruickshank
Kimberly Bright
Lisa Torem
Maarten Schiethart