LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

One of the sweetest ensemble funk albums of the 70s -- and a record that's gone on to become a classic, despite the fact that most people know little about the group! Newban have a sound that's almost a jazzier take on the Earth Wind & Fire groove of the time -- a style that's warm and fluid, and which really gets past the cliches of other larger funk acts -- and manages to find a space in sound that's all its own! There's lots of odd phrasings and chords on the set -- creating these very blue passages even when the group's grooving in an uptempo mode -- almost like the sense of sadness that creeps out from Stevie Wonder's work during his best early 70s years. The sound is totally unique, and uniquely wonderful -- and the album includes the classic "Father Time", plus the cuts "Magic Lady", "Mellow Days, Easy Nights", "Fatback Sally", and "Hungry Grin"."