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Even in their early days, England's Kula Shaker were something of a throwback, a 1990s alt-rock band who embraced the fuzz-tone psychedelia and Eastern mysticism of '60s groups like Traffic, Small Faces, and Deep Purple as much as they did the Brit-pop swagger of Oasis. It's an incense and Adidas vibe they continue to explore on their seventh album and first to feature their original lineup with keyboardist Jay Darlington since the late '90s. The record follows 2022's First Congregational Church of Eternal Love and Free Hugs, and while somewhat less conceptual in tone, it once again bridges their classic work with the mature style they've embraced since returning to regular activity in the 2010s. There's a loose, shoot-from-the-hip quality to Natural Magick with songs like the raging opener "Gaslighting" and the slinky, minor-key title track showcasing the band's penchant for bluesy riffs and funky dance-rock grooves. They also touch upon their varied influences throughout the album on songs like the rambling, Simon & Garfunkel-esque "Something Dangerous" and the Kinks-meets-George Harrison-sounding pop-rocker "Indian Record Player." Particularly redolent of the '60s-meets-'90s aesthetic is "Waves," a buoyant anthem marked by wah-wah guitar and ringing organ accents in which lead singer Crispian Mills paints a picture of an international rock party where "all the ghosts of London town will all be driven away/And the girls of Mexico are gonna make some waves." It's an uplifting sentiment that, as with much of Natural Magick, evokes an earlier, pre-Brexit brand of "Cool Britannia," one that Kula Shaker embrace wholeheartedly.
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Kula Shaker, MainArtist - Ash Howes, Mixer - Alonza Bevan, Producer, Vocals, Bass, ComposerLyricist - Jay Darlington, Keyboards - Crispian Mills, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, ComposerLyricist - Paul Winter-Hart, Drums - Toby May, Engineer - Kev Nixon, Producer, Percussion - Hoodoo Music Ltd, administered by Interstellar Music Services Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP (P) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
Kula Shaker, MainArtist - Ash Howes, Mixer - Alonza Bevan, Producer, Bass - Jay Darlington, Keyboards - Crispian Mills, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, ComposerLyricist - Carly, Backing Vocals - Paul Winter-Hart, Drums - Toby May, Engineer - Layla Assam, Backing Vocals - Kev Nixon, Producer, Tambourine - Himanish Goswani, Tabla - Hoodoo Music Ltd, administered by Interstellar Music Services Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP (P) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
Kula Shaker, MainArtist - Ash Howes, Mixer - Alonza Bevan, Producer, Bass, ComposerLyricist - Jay Darlington, Keyboards - Crispian Mills, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, ComposerLyricist - Prabjote Osahn, Strings - Paul Winter-Hart, Drums - Toby May, Engineer - Kofi Kari-Kari, Congas - Kev Nixon, Producer - Himanish Goswami, Bongos - Hoodoo Music Ltd, administered by Interstellar Music Services Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hari Mills, Backing Vocals
(C) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP (P) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
Kula Shaker, MainArtist - Ash Howes, Mixer - Alonza Bevan, Producer, Bass - Jay Darlington, Keyboards - Crispian Mills, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, ComposerLyricist - Prabjote Osahn, Strings - Carly, Backing Vocals - Paul Winter-Hart, Drums - Toby May, Engineer - Simon Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Kev Nixon, Producer - Himanish Goswani, Tabla - Hoodoo Music Ltd, administered by Interstellar Music Services Ltd, MusicPublisher - Joff Winter-Hart, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP (P) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
Kula Shaker, MainArtist - Ash Howes, Mixer - Alonza Bevan, Producer, Bass - Jay Darlington, Keyboards - Crispian Mills, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Majrooh Sultanpuri, ComposerLyricist - Paul Winter-Hart, Drums - R.D. Burman, ComposerLyricist - Toby May, Engineer - Kris Jones, Trumpet - Laboni Barua, Vocals - Kev Nixon, Producer - Himanish Goswani, Tabla - Hoodoo Music Ltd, administered by Interstellar Music Services Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP (P) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
Kula Shaker, MainArtist - Ash Howes, Mixer - Alonza Bevan, Producer, Piano, Bass - Jay Darlington, Keyboards, Percussion, Clapping - Crispian Mills, Producer, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Clapping, ComposerLyricist - Prabjote Osahn, Strings - Paul Winter-Hart, Percussion, Clapping - Toby May, Engineer - Kev Nixon, Producer, Percussion, Clapping - Himanish Goswani, Tabla - Hoodoo Music Ltd, administered by Interstellar Music Services Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP (P) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
Kula Shaker, MainArtist - Ash Howes, Mixer - Alonza Bevan, Producer, Piano, Bass - Jay Darlington, Keyboards - Crispian Mills, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, ComposerLyricist - Paul Winter-Hart, Drums - Toby May, Engineer - Kev Nixon, Producer - Hoodoo Music Ltd, administered by Interstellar Music Services Ltd, MusicPublisher - Alanoud Gigante, Vocals
(C) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP (P) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
Kula Shaker, MainArtist - Ash Howes, Mixer - Alonza Bevan, Producer, Bass, ComposerLyricist - Jay Darlington, Keyboards - Crispian Mills, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, ComposerLyricist - Paul Winter-Hart, Drums - Toby May, Engineer - Laboni Barua, Vocals - Kev Nixon, Producer - Himanish Goswami, Tabla - Hoodoo Music Ltd, administered by Interstellar Music Services Ltd, MusicPublisher - Alanoud Gigante, Backing Vocals - Olivier Leclercq, Sitar - Tao Sauvenière, Violin
(C) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP (P) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
Kula Shaker, MainArtist - Ash Howes, Mixer - Alonza Bevan, Producer, Bass - Jay Darlington, Keyboards - Crispian Mills, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, ComposerLyricist - Paul Winter-Hart, Drums - Toby May, Engineer - Kev Nixon, Producer, Tambourine - Himanish Goswani, Tabla - Hoodoo Music Ltd, administered by Interstellar Music Services Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hari Mills, ComposerLyricist - Alanoud Gigante, Backing Vocals
(C) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP (P) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
Kula Shaker, MainArtist - Ash Howes, Mixer - Alonza Bevan, Producer, Bass, ComposerLyricist - Jay Darlington, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, ComposerLyricist - Crispian Mills, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, ComposerLyricist - Paul Winter-Hart, Drums, Backing Vocals, ComposerLyricist - Toby May, Engineer - Kev Nixon, Producer, Backing Vocals - Hoodoo Music Ltd, administered by Interstellar Music Services Ltd, MusicPublisher - Hari Mills, Backing Vocals
(C) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP (P) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
Kula Shaker, MainArtist - Ash Howes, Mixer - Alonza Bevan, Producer, Bass - Jay Darlington, Keyboards - Crispian Mills, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, ComposerLyricist - Prabjote Osahn, Strings - Paul Winter-Hart, Drums - David Morris, Whistle - Jake Gosling, ComposerLyricist - Toby May, Engineer - Kev Nixon, Producer - Hoodoo Music Ltd, administered by Interstellar Music Services Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP (P) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
Kula Shaker, MainArtist - Ash Howes, Mixer - Alonza Bevan, Producer, Bass - Jay Darlington, Keyboards - Crispian Mills, Producer, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, ComposerLyricist - Paul Winter-Hart, Drums - Toby May, Engineer - Kev Nixon, Producer, Percussion - Hoodoo Music Ltd, administered by Interstellar Music Services Ltd, MusicPublisher - Alanoud Gigante, Backing Vocals - Jane Stanness, Vocal Effects
(C) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP (P) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
Kula Shaker, MainArtist - Ash Howes, Mixer - Alonza Bevan, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Bass - Jay Darlington, Keyboards - Crispian Mills, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, ComposerLyricist - Prabjote Osahn, Strings - Paul Winter-Hart, Drums - Toby May, Engineer - Richard Beesley, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone - Kris Jones, Trumpet - Heather Miles, Vocal Effects - Tim Wade, Trombone - Kev Nixon, Producer, Acoustic Guitar - Hoodoo Music Ltd, administered by Interstellar Music Services Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP (P) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
Albumbeschreibung
Even in their early days, England's Kula Shaker were something of a throwback, a 1990s alt-rock band who embraced the fuzz-tone psychedelia and Eastern mysticism of '60s groups like Traffic, Small Faces, and Deep Purple as much as they did the Brit-pop swagger of Oasis. It's an incense and Adidas vibe they continue to explore on their seventh album and first to feature their original lineup with keyboardist Jay Darlington since the late '90s. The record follows 2022's First Congregational Church of Eternal Love and Free Hugs, and while somewhat less conceptual in tone, it once again bridges their classic work with the mature style they've embraced since returning to regular activity in the 2010s. There's a loose, shoot-from-the-hip quality to Natural Magick with songs like the raging opener "Gaslighting" and the slinky, minor-key title track showcasing the band's penchant for bluesy riffs and funky dance-rock grooves. They also touch upon their varied influences throughout the album on songs like the rambling, Simon & Garfunkel-esque "Something Dangerous" and the Kinks-meets-George Harrison-sounding pop-rocker "Indian Record Player." Particularly redolent of the '60s-meets-'90s aesthetic is "Waves," a buoyant anthem marked by wah-wah guitar and ringing organ accents in which lead singer Crispian Mills paints a picture of an international rock party where "all the ghosts of London town will all be driven away/And the girls of Mexico are gonna make some waves." It's an uplifting sentiment that, as with much of Natural Magick, evokes an earlier, pre-Brexit brand of "Cool Britannia," one that Kula Shaker embrace wholeheartedly.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:32
- Main artists: Kula Shaker
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative en Indie
(C) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP (P) 2024 Strange F.O.L.K. LLP
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