Snazzback

New wave dancefloor instrumentalists Snazzback release stunning second album on new label from Bristol’s cultural instigators, Worm Disco Club. Bristol seven-piece Snazzback bring the sound of reopened dancefloors, of communalrelease, and of the joyful sound of dancing outside in the sunshine to live music. Their second album In The Place overflows with deep grooves and loose,lolloping rhythms that tease and play, sometimes languid and carefree, othertimes energy spiralling upwards – and taking the listener with them, each andevery time. Their music is soaked in great black american dancefloor music,whether that’s the sound we call ‘jazz’ or hip hop. They also bring other flavours– interlocking Afro-Latin rhythms, electronica and hypnotic rock, all marinated inBristol’s long musical histories.

The album rests on the band’s hypnotic, rolling musicality and inventive bringing-together of sounds, evident in their phenomenal live performances which werehoned in legendary city centre busking sessions and locally-famous venueresidency. They’re mad tight and heavily dextrous, a band who are tuned intoeach other and into the extended family of their audiences. Tracks like ‘Reading’suggest a smoked-out Ezra Collective or Moses Boyd, whilst ‘Triangle’ bringspowerfully scuzzed-out guitar sounds into the mix.