Review

Diplomats Of Solid Sound; Feat. The Diplomats

There is such a torrent of new Funk around at the moment – all recorded authentically, and all that –

As someone who has been a long-time champion of it I have to admit that a lot of it is average. This album is not. It is very exceptional. As it is produced by Lack Of Afro, you would expect it to be too.

Although released on the fantastic and consistent Italian label ‘Record Kicks’, this band, I believe, are from Iowa in the US. Apparently it’s all been recorded live in the studio, as it should be, and they are very tight indeed. They seem to be a little bit undecided where they’re going as there isn’t a distinct direction as far as I can see, but that’s fine, they’ve got to find their feet as a new band.

Actually I like the diversity. There are couple of tracks that don’t quite hit the mark but there are plenty of hard-hitting Funk tracks here and even a killer early-60’s R&B Popcorn tune called ‘Trouble Me’- which is in the James Hunter territory, so that can’t be bad! I’m looking forward to hearing more.
Words SNOWBOY