The liner notes state that "this is not your father's New Orleans record" - in other words, the band has taken the feel of swampy Louisiana and injected their own influences which pull in modern hip hop and soul. Though not all of it grabs me, more than a fair share of it does with several tracks moving and grooving like nobody's business. The band simply cannot lay down a bland rhythm and they play funk the way the rest of us breathe in air. This also contains one of my most highly played tracks of the year - the fantastic "Cineramascope".
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