The Budos Band - Long In The Tooth (2020) LP

15 years after the release of their debut album, Daptone's Royal Court from Staten Island delivers a truly epic collection of new material that finds the group further bridging the gap between the farfisa-fueled Ethio-Funk stylings of their early recordings, with the psychedelic, Sabbath-inspired hellfire of late. The title track and lead single, Long in the Tooth, jumps out of the speakers with a heavy drum break (reminiscent of the B-Boy approved grooves of their early output), drenched in a pulsating, hallucinatory wall of organ, menacing horns, and a rugged guitar riff that pummels the listener into Budonian submission. Imagine Link Wray and Mulatu Astatke collaborating on a Italian horror soundtrack and you're getting close. A1) Long in the Tooth A2) Sixth Hammer A3) Snake Hawk A4) Dusterado A5) Silver Stallion A6) Haunted SeaB1) The Wrangler B2) Gun Metal Grey B3) Mierde De Toro B4) Budonian Knight B5) Renegade