Fishbone
Truth And Soul

THE REVIEW

For a lover of less orthodox sounds like myself, the so-called crossover, born in the late '80s-'90s, has always been an excellent source to draw from, to discover bands capable of mixing varied genres, creating an eclectic sound and, at least in the more capable cases, endowed with its own purpose and not a mere patchwork of genres thrown together.

Among the bands fallen, if not into oblivion, at least into limbo, it is definitely worth rediscovering Fishbone (already featured here on DeBaser with the review of their masterpiece), which, along with Living Colour, represents one of the few rock bands entirely composed of black musicians. It's therefore no coincidence that, although especially funk elements are present in practically every band of the (non-)genre, their offering is rich in and dominated by the traits of black music, namely funk, soul, ska, reggae et similia. The result of all this is an album with very warm sounds and sunny atmospheres (a welcome exception from the trend of cosmic pessimism that usually pervades our favorite genre), but never cloying or overly sweet. Despite critics and audiences usually tending to point to the already mentioned "The Reality Of My Surroundings" as the group's pinnacle, I prefer this "Truth and Soul" because of the sensation of greater cohesion and the greater punch that the tracks generally offer.

I therefore recommend giving this very deserving band a chance, especially now that summer is over, this music will bring some light and good cheer into the dark and cold autumn and winter days.