POWERFUL,VISCERAL AND UNIQUE. KARMA FUSE THE BLUES AND PSYCHEDELIA WITH DRUM AND BASS RHYTHMS, FUNK, SOUL AND ANYTHING ELSE THEY FANCY TO LAUNCH A FRESH FACED ASSAULT ON THE OVER MARKETED,OVER HYPED CORPORATE ROCK SCAM MERCHANTS CLOGGING UP THE AIRWAVES.
THEIR FIRST EP "LOOK AWAY" HAS GAINED STELLAR REVIEWS COMPARING THEM TO CREAM, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE AND STEVIE RAE VAUGHN . ( SEE BELOW)
REVIEWS .
WITH A POTENT MIX OF SWEAT AND ACID, MANCHESTER'S KARMA TAKE THE SUN-BAKED GRIT OF DELTA BLUES AND MARRY IT TO THE BRAIN-FRIED ROCK OF 60`S PSYCHEDELIA. ACROSS THE THREE SONGS ON THEIR LOOK AWAY EP THE FOURSOME NIMBLY MANAGE TO DELIVER ELECTRIFIED WIG-OUTS,DREAMY ACOUSTICA AND THE KIND OF MUDDY WATERS-STYLE RIFF THATS LEGALLY OBLIGED BY THE GENEVA CONVENTION TO START WITH THE LINE "I WOKE UP ONE MORNING".
THE LEAD TRACK "LOOK AWAY" JUSTIFIES ITS STATUS IMMEDIATELY BY BEING THE BIGGEST TRIP OF THE THREE.A LAZY,UNPREDICTABLE BASSLINE MEANDERS IN AND IS SHORTLY ACCOMPANIED BY SOME SHIMMERING JEFFERSON AIRPLANE "WHITE RABBIT" GUITAR. BUT THE HAZY MOOD IS QUICKLY OFFSET BY SANDPAPER VOCALS,TRANSCENDENT WAVES OF DISTORTION AND WAILING FEEDBACK.PART CREAM,PART MY BLOODY VALENTINE,THIS IS A TUNE THAT EMBRACES AND BEWILDERS AT THE SAME TIME.
"WONDROUS DREAMER" IS PERFECTLY PLACED TO OFFER SOME RESPITE.FLOATY ACOUSTIC GUITAR NOODLINGS, GENTLY UNDERSTATED CHORDS AND A DELICATE VOCAL THATS HEAVY ON THE LONG NOTES ALL CONSPIRE TO MAGIC UP THREE MINUTES OR SO OF SUMMER BLISS.THERE'S NO DISCERNIBLE VERSE OR CHORUS STRUCTURE,JUST A GLOWING THREAD OF LOVELINESS THAT MAKES ITS OWN WAY THROUGH THE FIELDS BEFORE DECIDING TO STOP OFF AT A STRANGE COUNTRY LOCAL FOR A PINT AND A PLOUGHMANS.
FINALLY ITS TIME TO FIRE UP THE FURNACE FOR SOME RIGIDLY OLD SCHOOL BLUES WITH A LIVE VERSION OF "SHOTGUN".AND ITS BLISTERING STUFF.THE RIFF IS PURE MUDDY WATERS-WITH-MUSCLE AND IT COLLIDES WITH POUNDING RHYTHMS AND A HOWLING VOCAL TO COME ON LIKE THE EVIL SPIRIT OF STEVIE RAE VAUGHN POSSESING THE KINGS OF LEON.PROOF,IF ANY WERE NEEDED, THAT GOOD KARMA DOESN`T NEED TO BE PERFECTLY BALANCED.
" MUSIC IS MORAL LAW, IT GIVES A SOUL TO THE UNIVERSE WINGS TO THE MIND FLIGHT TO THE IMAGINATION A CHARM TO SADNESS AND A GAIETY AND LIFE TO EVERYTHING.IT IS THE ESSENCE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD, TRUE AND BEAUTIFULL." PLATO (427-347 BC).
I`M ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY (SIMON COWELL 2005). AND WE WONDER WHY THE BUSINESS IS IN CRISIS.
KARMA WHAT YOU GIVE IS WHAT YOU GET, FROM MANCHESTER WITH LOVE.