BONOBOS CONVERGENCE
''WHO'S CHUCK FIMP?''
JULY 7 2005
74:16
1. Whimsical Fantasy /6:52
2. Flag For Utopia /8:24
3. Home On Derange /8:14
4. MASH /5:17
5. Former Future /5:16
6. Today /6:57
7. Wonder /9:46
8. Or /8:48
9. Freaker's Jam /4:00
10. Freakin' Ordinary /10:42
REVIEW
By Walter Kolosky, allaboutjazz.com
Who's Chuck Fimp? is one of those rare CDs that de...
Who's Chuck Fimp? is one of those rare CDs that delivers both on monster chops and popular appeal. As a general rule, I don’t often get the opportunity to listen to music that I think should be registering on the pop charts. But this is one of the happy exceptions. The album is full of jazz-fusion, blues, jam band energy, engaging lyrics and absorbing hooks. Some tunes on this album should be receiving widespread radio airplay.
If anything, since we don’t hear it all that often in modern music, the trio’s dominant sound is the organ. Because of this, at times BC is very much a modern jam band version of early Grand Funk. Orenstein’s singing even sounds like a “cooler version of Mark Farner.” If that wasn’t weird enough, Registrato’s vocals sound like Yes’ Jon Anderson, without the reverb! In fact, you would have been hard-pressed to convince me that he is not Jon Anderson on the opening “Whimsical Fantasy.”
The third member of the band, Vaylor Trucks, does no lead vocalizing, but he kills on guitar. Whether playing a laidback acoustic or burning like an electric mother a la Tommy Bolin, Trucks is a driving force throughout.
Who's Chuck Fimp?, one of the best albums of 2006, is evidence of what can be accomplished by terrific, imaginative musicians utilizing the tools of their influences. In the end, this is a unique sound presented in a creative and fun way. I consider myself to be one “chucky limp” to have heard this album.
''WHO'S CHUCK FIMP?''
JULY 7 2005
74:16
1. Whimsical Fantasy /6:52
2. Flag For Utopia /8:24
3. Home On Derange /8:14
4. MASH /5:17
5. Former Future /5:16
6. Today /6:57
7. Wonder /9:46
8. Or /8:48
9. Freaker's Jam /4:00
10. Freakin' Ordinary /10:42
REVIEW
By Walter Kolosky, allaboutjazz.com
Who's Chuck Fimp? is one of those rare CDs that de...
Who's Chuck Fimp? is one of those rare CDs that delivers both on monster chops and popular appeal. As a general rule, I don’t often get the opportunity to listen to music that I think should be registering on the pop charts. But this is one of the happy exceptions. The album is full of jazz-fusion, blues, jam band energy, engaging lyrics and absorbing hooks. Some tunes on this album should be receiving widespread radio airplay.
If anything, since we don’t hear it all that often in modern music, the trio’s dominant sound is the organ. Because of this, at times BC is very much a modern jam band version of early Grand Funk. Orenstein’s singing even sounds like a “cooler version of Mark Farner.” If that wasn’t weird enough, Registrato’s vocals sound like Yes’ Jon Anderson, without the reverb! In fact, you would have been hard-pressed to convince me that he is not Jon Anderson on the opening “Whimsical Fantasy.”
The third member of the band, Vaylor Trucks, does no lead vocalizing, but he kills on guitar. Whether playing a laidback acoustic or burning like an electric mother a la Tommy Bolin, Trucks is a driving force throughout.
Who's Chuck Fimp?, one of the best albums of 2006, is evidence of what can be accomplished by terrific, imaginative musicians utilizing the tools of their influences. In the end, this is a unique sound presented in a creative and fun way. I consider myself to be one “chucky limp” to have heard this album.
