An outfit with a work ethic that runs parallel with any of the most dedicated bands that exist today, Brooklyn’s Rolie Polie Guacamole isn\u2019t chasing the dream of becoming the next Coldplay or Radiohead or whatever pop band sits at the top of the charts this week. A fiercely independent band, these guys aren’t even trying to be the next big thing in indie rock. Instead, they’ve released four albums and played nearly two thousand shows of one of the least appreciated genres that around today: kids’ music.<\/p>\n
Like any great album for the little ears, songs about animals and food are included on Chips & Salsa<\/i>, as are other topics. Musically, the band embraces rock, funk, folk, country, and Latin sounds. Toss in a classic cover and contributions from The Chapin Sisters, as well as members of Primus and Mil’s Trills, and you get an album anyone can enjoy.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
The album starts off with \u201cRolie Polie Guacamole,\u201d a quirky, upbeat tune that sounds like it could be commercial jangle for, what else, guacamole. \u201cAlways Brush Your Teeth\u201d follows and not only reminds us of good hygiene but does so with playful acoustic strumming and Latin influenced percussion. \u201cWake Up Shake Up\u201d brings us backing female vocals and is heavy on the tambourines, and \u201cApples\u201d is one of the slower moments, and advises us not only on how to eat apples, but is a reminder of why they’re so healthy. Near the halfway point, Rolie Polie Guacamole gets dance friendly with \u201cBird Bellyfull\u201d and funk friendly on \u201cThe Mantis.\u201d <\/p>\n
The second half of the album gets Caribbean-esque with \u201cAcai,\u201d playful with the call and response of \u201cHello My Name Is,\u201d and educational with \u201cMuseum Of Natural History,\u201d an album highlight. As the album gets deeper, the pace seems to pick up with the speedy guitar licks of \u201cCentral Park,\u201d and exits on a version of Woody Guthrie’s \u201cThis Land Is Your Land,\u201d where several female voices and eclectic instrumentation make it an interpretation that alone makes the album worth the price of admission. <\/p>\n
Simply relegating Rolie Polie Guacamole to kids’ music is doing them a disservice. This is fun for the entire family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":32745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9828],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-44515","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-rolie-polie-guacamole","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44515"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}