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greyhounds primates

7/18/2020

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​Greyhounds (from the album Primates available on Nine Mile Records) (by Bryant Liggett)
Austin, Texas’ Greyhounds continue to keep one foot in next week’s future music and another stretching four-decades back in musical history. Part old-school R&B, part Blaxploitation soundtrack, part beats and needle-drops, Greyhounds are a band comfortable exploring every era of Soul, Funk and its offshoots full of street beat rhythms. The latest Greyhounds release, Primates, is a laidback soundtrack inspiring head-bobbable grooves from beginning to end. The soulful “Tune In” kicks off Primates, musically a dose of Psychedelic Soul with groovy keyboard work. “Nobody’s Judging” sways along with a guitar solo that dabbles in hushed twang and “Pick Up the Phone” is a chill rhythm pulled from a gritty 1970’s cop-film soundtrack. 
Primates not just all about the groove. “People in the Park” addresses homelessness, and the title track takes a look at big picture humanity. ‘We’re all just primates, floating on a rock in space’ is a line that evens the playing field; we are all people and we have all got the same problems. Greyhounds are a  thinking breed of band. “Bet It All” is a nod to the great soul crooners with wonderful stabbing guitar, “This I Know” is a beautiful dose of make-out music, and “Omani” is a peyote dosed cut with a Ennio Morricone, spaghetti-western influence. This contender for record of the year is nothing but cool. Funky and trippy, Greyhounds can cut it with an old-school suit and tie Funk crowd just as much as they can roll with the hipsters and even the jam-bands boogieing into the groove world.  (by Bryant Liggett)
 
Listen and buy the music of Greyhounds from AMAZON
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