Galactic - Already Ready Already - Vinyl LP

Release date 2019

New Orleans' Galactic is one of the most restless acts to emerge from the jam band scene of the 1990s. With every album they've expanded their musical palette to embrace other sounds and styles while keeping the musical gumbo of their hometown squarely at the center of everything they do. Already Ready Already, their tenth offering, is the shortest record in Galactic's catalog: Its eight tunes total just 24 minutes, and it plays like a mixtape. Released on their own Tchuop-Zilla Records, this set finds the NOLA outfit taking a distinctly contemporary approach in expanding their already progressive sound. Galactic juxtapose modern dancefloor and funk rhythms alongside electronic instrumentation in putting across their ass-shaking funk pop & roll. Produced by members Robert Mercurio and Ben Ellman, Galactic's choice of five different singers lends unique and distinctive flavors to their grooves. Where Galactic's live sets are chock-full of improvisation and surprise, their studio recordings tend to focus on tight songwriting and arranging; this offering is no different -- there are few solos on this set and there is no jamming.

AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek