Categories : Miscellany, Music Reviews, Rock + Pop.
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Rating: 3.5/5 Released: June 2, 2005 Reviewer: Paul Flanagan |
Hearing Sounding a Mosaic, you would never guess that the Bedouin Soundclash trio met in Kingston, Ontario. They are currently mellowing out the charts in Canada with their single, ‘When The Night Feels My Song’ and for the moment it appears they have enough support behind them to sustain their prevalence for some time. Perhaps the mainstream audience has become so inundated with the punk-pop and generic-school-of-rock shit that floods the airways that they need a breath of fresh air. Enter some reggae into the mix!
So how does this two-thirds white, Canadian reggae band do it? Well they stick to the basic formula that has made people chill out and smoke countless pounds of weed to Bob Marley for years. Fresh, soul-nourishing, uplifting beats, with drums and bass combined to make ear pleasing vocal harmony. All in all well performed, Sounding a Mosaic avoids all the wretched imagery of dreadlocked college students ineptly banging on steel drums and base guitars. Bedouin has found a thoroughly enjoyable blend of reggae, ska and acapella without setting off the alarms of mimicry.
Highlights include the now-overplayed ‘When the Night Feels My Song’ with its infectious harmony, ‘Money Worries’ stealing us away to a distant beachfront, and the bumpy energy on ‘Rude Boy Don’t Cry’. Whether or not you’ve heard the single, check this band out. They are making a ripple in the Canadian music scene, and are a welcome addition to the radio scene, mainstream or otherwise.
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