Rock meets funk courtesy of Sucka Brown. And they blur the boundaries of both to create a sound that comes across as what a Red Hot Chili Peppers and Funkadelic jam session might have sounded like.
"Throw Your Weight Around" sets the tone with its chunky guitar driven rhythm over a solid percussive beat from bass and drums. "Guinea Pig", although edging more towards rock, keeps a great funky guitar sound at its core. The highlight is "Sideways", a more subdued song with just a hint of a ska rhythm creeping in to give it distinctive and catchy pop sound. While "No Tell Motel" has a more complex structure with clever changes of tempo making it another standout track.
Sucka Brown is a band that knows how to work the rhythm in order to wring every last ounce of energy from their songs. In fact, we should probably have a new genre for this type of rock and funk fusion. We were thinking of 'Ronk' or perhaps even 'Fuc…' oh well, perhaps not!!