Aunty Richard - Leaf BlowerLeaf Blower brings together jazz, rock and electronic elements with a
focus on composition and melody. The players are vibrant and assured,
creating an edgy and engaging momentum. The tenor flutters, growls,
blares and rasps; it shrieks in horror, bounces happily, cries with
anguish and murmurs tenderly. Hooks are shared between bass and sax and
the drums solo exquisitely.
Inspired by cites and urban life, Leaf Blower is a response to
contemporary issues and world events. While some songs specify Los
Angeles, Leaf Blower speaks to any landscape characterised by
disconnection, yet where hope remains in riots and poetry found in
corners.
Aunty Richard achieves an uncanny, measured sound that maintains a
live, spontaneous feel. Leaf Blower is an album that never lets you get
too comfortable. There is calm, but anarchy is soon to follow; the band
provides pause for reflection one moment and a call-to-arms the next.
Sometimes desolate, more often manic – Leaf Blower is the soundtrack
for every city.
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