One of the godfathers of modern garage with Thee Hypnotics and the Jim Jones Revue, he has moved his musical sights to Memphis and New Orleans, making an album of real 3 dimensional funk. I could listen to this stuff for hours.
Track after track leap out of the speakers with dark intent and a visceral sense of edginess. At times, this hearkens back to the early days of rock & roll but it is all 21st Century fare.
The album was recorded in Memphis, at Memphis Magnetic Studios, picking up influences from the Mississippi Delta, Memphis R&B, New Orleans funk and voodoo but retaining Jones traditional power and brash presentation. “Memphis is a musical melting pot and it’s impossible not to get caught up in that spirit,” says Jim Jones. “When you’re recording within spitting distance of the Mississippi river, there’s something about that heavy Memphis air that changes the way that you hear the groove and grind.”
Joined by Jim Jones Revue members Gavin Jay (bass) and Elliot Mortimer (piano and keys), as well as drummer Chris Ellul (The Heavy), veteran punk blues guitarist Carlton Mounsher (The Swamps), backing singer Ali Jones and the threeway tenor/baritone sax attack of Stuart Dace, Chuchi Malapersona and Tom Hodges, ‘Ain’t No Peril’ also features vocal contributions from Memphis legend Nikki Hill and Oxbow’s Eugene Robinson.
I cannot say that I expected it, but this has jumped up into my ‘albums of the year’ list
