CD Review: Floorettes, The - Pocket Full Of Soul

Written by Thomas Winter Wednesday, 05 September 2012 06:53

Artist: The Floorettes
Title: Pocket Full Of Soul
Genre: Soul
Release Date: 2nd March 2012
Label: Waterfall Records

Album Review

THE FLOORETTES is an eleven-member soul band from Berlin, which compared to similar projects has several unique features. First, THE FLOORETTES have three front women - and therefore almost an intrinsically girl group on board. Second this front trio makes fortunately not what one of soul singers nowadays almost expected. Without vocal acrobatics and fake emotions confine Juliet, Amelie and Catherine on the core business, just the way like THE SUPREMES also stood in the centre. Third, THE FLOORETTES forgo the obvious, simple solution and make NO radio. Instead, there are classic 60s Soul - Motown more than Stax, enriched with a touch of opulence in the form of brass sections with Memphis touch and string arrangements in the Chicago tradition of Mayfield to Gaye. There are also crunchy pop songs in the classic three-minute format. Sure, given the deliberately high-scale bar, it is clear that this can not be kept with every track. But there are 12 songs and some hit it enough for virtually all parties. If you want to make music like this, then please just only this way.


Tracklist

01. Girls Night Out
02. Witchcraft
03. Just So You Know
04. The Bus Song
05. Keep Clam And Carry On
06. Head Up High
07. Step Back – The Roller Song
08. Pocket Full Of Soul
09. Out Of Reach
10. One Chance
11. Release Me
12. Don’t Matter


Line-up

Julia Riese
Amelie Hinrichsen
Katharina Dommisch
Bernardo di Spitz
Alexander Dommisch
Ralph Schachler
Maximilian Schubert
Olaf Müller
Andre Stock
Jean-Paul Mendelsohn
Timo J. Hennig


Website

www.thefloorettes.com / www.facebook.com/thefloorettes / www.soundcloud.com/thefloorettes


Cover Picture




Rating

Music: 9
Sound: 9
Extras: -
Total: 9 / 10