#18

Dark Meat
Universal Indians
(Cloud Recordings)

It’s a good rule of thumb to be wary of any group that gets press because they’ve got 26 members and are “crazy”. Usually it just means a core of untalented clowns padding the impact by surrounding themselves with people who can dick around long enough to distract to the task at hand – the core of the song. Well, the beacon of goodness that is Cloud Recordings strikes Athens, GA gold here again with a great rock band and an ecstatic group of blowers. (Loosely) think a more polite Stooges but maxed out with 10 more saxes and trumpets going full-on. And that’s just “Freedom Ritual”.