De-Phazz - Days Of Twang download free

De-Phazz's sixth album, DAYS OF TWANG, starts off promisingly, with the slide guitar of "Twang" -- country-western might be the new jazz! But it then quickly devolves with the wan disco of "Boogie Philosophy." The album vacillates between these two poles: from the dreaminess of "Nonsensical Thing" and "Shadow of a Lie" to the bland "It Will Turn Out Right." But things do perk up: "Hell Alright" has a pleasing anger to it, with a bit of swing that's been missing from his two previous albums, and Paul St. Hilare's appearance on "Better World" gives a nice contrast to De-Phazz's regular vocalists. The instrumentals do indeed lean heavily on the country side of the musical spectrum, but occasionally he can dull the interest (with the lame vocals on "Rock'n'Roll Dude," for instance). But the crazed banjo on "What's the Use Of...?" shows how far he can push the idea and still have it work. Even the short "Devil's Music #58 Reprise" manages to recapture some of that De-Phazz magic.