Rocket Juice & the Moon - Rocket Juice & the Moon

  by Maarten Schiethart

published: 21 / 4 / 2012

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Review

Damon Albarn has become the David Bowie of today, never originating yet always keen to follow a trend. Style over idea as a concept never lasts long though. On this album, Damon does the Fela Kuti and not much anything extra it must be noted. It's not all tedious crap of course. 'Nightwatch' tries to merge George Clinton's P-Funk with Afro beats, and the effort deserves praise. The single advantage this debut holds is that of being original material, and no end product from crate digging Afro funk DJs using computers. The Rocket Juice & the Moon album, however, sounds a tad bit like a clumsy Gilles Petersen radio show.

Track Listing:-

1 1-2-3-4-5-6
2 Hey, Shooter
3 Lolo
4 Night Watch
5 Forward Sweep
6 Follow-Fashion
7 Chop Up
8 Poison
9 Extinguished
10 Rotary Connection
11 Check Out
12 There
13 Worries
14 Benko
15 Dam(n)
16 The Unfadable
17 Fatherless
18 Leave-Taking

Band Links:-

https://www.facebook.com/Rocket-Juice-

Label Links:-

http://honestjons.com/label