A Nice Bit of American Soul - 4/5
Just The Tip, an American soul rock band emerging from Eugene, OR, have presented not just an insanely cool album cover, but chilled back and relaxing anthems.
It begins with an alienated Jimi Hendrix haze like intro for their song 'Trouble', which gives a nice country feel from vocalist Jay Schroeder, with the sweet sounding guitarists Ira Mazie and Justin Grado interweaving through the song. The Country/Soul/Rock pace is very consistent through the album, which may draw criticism for little variation. But I
contradict that, with the boogie-like 'Heroes in the Half shell", which is bound to get you dancing, to the spiteful "Shame On You", which gives the limelight to drummer Malcolm Orr, and giving credit last and not least to bassist Eric Lee, who does a superb job rounding up all the songs with the melodic bass playing.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/TheTip.Band/info
It begins with an alienated Jimi Hendrix haze like intro for their song 'Trouble', which gives a nice country feel from vocalist Jay Schroeder, with the sweet sounding guitarists Ira Mazie and Justin Grado interweaving through the song. The Country/Soul/Rock pace is very consistent through the album, which may draw criticism for little variation. But I
contradict that, with the boogie-like 'Heroes in the Half shell", which is bound to get you dancing, to the spiteful "Shame On You", which gives the limelight to drummer Malcolm Orr, and giving credit last and not least to bassist Eric Lee, who does a superb job rounding up all the songs with the melodic bass playing.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/TheTip.Band/info