Brooklyn native and renaissance woman Marla Mase is joined by The True Groove All-Stars for this ninth album that channels the energy of Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Frank Zappa and Iggy Pop.<\/p>\n
\u201cThings That Scare Me\u201d gets the listen off to a lively start, where group vocals, no lack of rhythm and even funk nods are present. \u201cFalling Sideways\u201d then trims the volume and pace back with folk ideas entering the soft guitars and thoughtful storytelling that welcomes Mark Henry\u2019s saxophone.<\/p>\n
Deeper into Side A, the indeed dance floor-ready \u201cDance The Tango\u201d puts Leroy \u201cLefty\u201d Thompson\u2019s frisky drums to good use alongside the harmonic singing, while \u201cAlways\u201d welcomes electronics and pop ideas into the pretty singing and dreamy ambience.<\/p>\n
The back half leads with the soulful \u201cHalf-Life,\u201d where effects and mood are key, but it\u2019s the anthemic rock and hip-hop of \u201cTruth Comes Down,\u201d which features Half Pint and Touchy Feely, that alone makes the album worth a spin thanks to the thumping punk and melodic yet gritty song craft.<\/p>\n
Landing near the end, the scrappy and buzzing \u201cPiece Of Peace\u201d allows for Mase\u2019s voice to soar, and \u201cSatellite Of Love,\u201d by Lou Reed, exits with all the glam appeal of the original wrapped up in Mase\u2019s inimitable and introspective delivery.<\/p>\n
The songs here were all fleshed out in the last 15 years and are remastered. They illustrate a highly eclectic approach, where guitar rock, \u201970s disco, French pop, rap and even grunge bouts are in attendance. Contributions on guitar and bass from James Dellatacoma and Tomas Doncker must be mentioned, too, as they help fuel these raw observations and unfiltered art from a performer who got into songwriting in her 40s, but is quickly making up for lost time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[11084],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-47183","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-marla-mase","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47183","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=47183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=47183"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=47183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}