SENDELICA TIPS FOR UPCOMING BANDS #9 CHOOSING YOUR STAGE NAME IS ALWAYS OF UTTERMOST IMPORTANCE.... BUT REMEMBER GOING DOWN THE ALICE COOPER ROUTE OF HAVING A FEMALE TINGED MONIKOR WILL INEVITABLY, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, CAUSE CONFUSION IN A REVIEWER!! LOL....... Their version of ‘Venus in Furs’ lacks the industrial grind of the original, but in its place is an equally pleasing psychedelic vibe, seductively ridden by the sultry vocals of lead singer Glenda Pescado, which lends a female aspect to the original song. Funkadelic I can take or leave. George Clinton is one of the more unapologetically bizarre characters to have come out of the music business in the last fifty or so years; one who has blended psychedelia, funk, soul and whatever else he could find in the kitchen drawer at the time, into the eclectic sound of one nation under a groove, launched into the furthest reaches of space and sampled to death by every rapper and his mentally unhinged dog(g). Unfamiliar, as I am, with the original ‘Maggot Brain’ – though a quick trip to YouTube would’ve easily remedied that – I can’t compare, but only pass judgement, as is my lot in life, on the Sendelica version. An altogether more contemplative number than the Funkadelic I’m familiar with, Peter Bingham (the final piece in the Sendelica puzzle) drives this largely instrumental track with a set of guitar strings wrenched from the heart of a grieving mother. The spoken intro is a little unfortunate, as I imagine it would’ve once been delivered by Clinton himself, in those heavy, slightly off-whack tones of his. In Sendelica’s case it sounds a little reedy, but that’s a mere quibble on my part. ‘Maggot Brain’ is a subdued affair, kept alive by a mounting undercurrent of scorching psychedelic guitar. It tugs at the emotions throughout, almost pleading with the listener, and when Glenda Pescado’s ghost-lit vocals drift in at the end, it makes for a haunting climax. Read more: headfullofsnow/sendelica-nice-pear/#ixzz2jy2GsnEu
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 13:53:19 +0000
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