J-Walk - A Night on the Rocks Reviewed

A Night on the Rocks, Even the title reminds you of chilling out drinking JD and ice, most of the album portrays this laid back frame of mind. The Opening Track Tearaway is not one of the most outstanding songs, yet it is easy and light and definitely a track you can enjoy listening to, this is followed by the a rather funky 'Scarlet Menace' this feature the vocals of Veba one of the many contributors to offer their support. Another one of these contributors is Guy Garvey who is the lead singer of Elbow, for anyone who has heard Guy's voice this may seem a rather strange combination, dreamy atmospheric backing tracks mixed with Guy's rather natural and gruff vocals, this leads to a lo-fi sounding effect that adds great diversity to the album. For anyone who has heard of J-Walk before they will definitely know the stunning Soul Vibration, this was originally released back in 2000 and still today sounds as fresh as ever!

The album changes mood from funky, to lo-fi then is brought back to its disco roots on Heavens Above (featuring Sarah Hill), The Wasp is the last track and is more of an alternative dance track, similar to the likes of Orbital. To round up the album, it's a refreshing serving of Northern Soul for now, that is a breath of fresh air in todays deflated dance scene and one of those albums that grows on you with every listen adding more life and warmth to each track.