Mark Holub
(drums), Pete Grogan (alto saxophone), Chris Williams (alto saxophone), Liran
Donin (bass) & Toby McLaren (keyboards & piano)
(Review
by Russell)
A crowd
funding campaign helped fund the making of Led Bib’s new release. The Mercury
Prize nominated quintet have rewarded those who donated to the project with a
recording embracing the familiar groove and newer chilled-out elements. Altoist
Chris Williams’ own tune New Teles
opens the album and it is the composer who sets the pace.
Tight riffs are heard
across the ten tracks - Giant Bean a
brisk hike through a turbulent landscape, Pete Grogan’s energetic This Roofus to the restrained Recycling Saga to the fun-filled Plastic Lighthouse - with the
harmonising horns of Grogan and Williams markers along the way. Mark Holub (Led
Bib was his idea ten years ago) fuses featherweight cymbals (At the Ant Farm) with snapping snare
work throughout the seventy plus minutes of the CD. Liran Donin’s commanding
bass lines weld together the compositions, Toby McLaren’s retro electronic
interventions subvert, the mischievous aural graffiti artist at work. Fans of
Led Bib will be delighted with The People
in Your Neighbourhood. The CD is released on Cuneiform (catalogue no. Rune
378) on April 21.
The band’s UK
tour begins on April 22 in Cornwall at St Ives
Jazz Club and the official album launch takes in three nights at the Vortex, London
Russell.
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