The Crunch

this sort of de-necessitates Add N To X and Goldfrapp a quarter century ahead of schedule

synthglam trudge-funk bovver-boogie

what it reminds me of is "Spirit in the Sky" with a smear of futurity over the bluesy shuffle





context




me old mate Paul Oldfield points out this as a cousin to the Rah Band tune



that's the same Smoke as in "my friend jack eats sugarlumps"

But back to the RAH band - who i had always thought of (based on their 1980s stuff) as a jazz-funk group

well it's not a band at all, it's a bloke - a studio entity (Richard Anthony Hewson - R.A.H. geddit).

there's no synths involved - all done with guitars and bass done up with pedal effects

more of that Crunch-y ilk



these titles on the Crunch albums seem promising

. 01 00:00 The Crunch 02 03:38 Electric Fling 03 07:41 Concrete 04 12:30 Is Anybody There 05 16:50 Beyond 06 22:11 Spacerace 07 27:57 Turkey Roll 08 33:06 Vampire Vamp 09 38:38 Woogie Boogie 10 43:29 The Crunch (Reprise




but the promise is not delivered

in their 80s mode