SONGHOY BLUES - Optimisme LP (colour vinyl) r&b This enthusiastic and erratic set

This enthusiastic and erratic set of live performances from rock 'n roll's perennial imp of the perverse

In a sea of derivative and freshly outfitted young bands

when drummer Tom Riss and bassist Cary Fletcher

jackhammer rhythm guitar and near-falsetto vocals

A Divine Symmetry finally lets me fall in love with this material

SONGHOY BLUES - Optimisme LP (colour vinyl) r&b This enthusiastic and erratic setLimited edition gold colour vinyl. Their lead guitarist is a distant relative of the late Ali Farka Toure, the legendary Mali desert blues musician, but the young generation are no traditionalists. They mix the complex rhythms and guitar lines of their tradition with hard rock and psychedelia into three minute statements.