What A Funk?!
What A Funk?! EP

We are a damn fist of Funk.

This is the slogan with which What A Funk debuts. The release of their first EP confirms it all. Pieces of pure powerful and dirty Crossover, with Grunge overtones, unfortunately for me, and those sparkling influences of 70s Funk, all enriched by a completely crazy showiness: the three present themselves as warriors, fighters, combatants, using their music as a destructive weapon. They are embodiments of madness, especially live, where they appear with fluorescent signs on their faces and bare-chested (who do they remind you of?).

But it doesn't matter, because that slapped bass played so magnificently, that powerful guitar in full Crossover style, the drums sweeping from typically funky times to Rock times and times that make your head spin in all directions. The vocal parts then, performed by the guitarist in particular, but actually a bit by everyone, ranging from rap to schizophrenic, from melodic to screaming, with a backdrop of tribal chants and the use of the didgeridoo, as can be heard in the very peculiar ballad "Flush." And the bass solos? They couldn't be missed, in fact, in "Trash Clash Planet"—for which they also made a video—the 4-string instrument prevails, booming and full of groove.

In short, the EP goes down smoothly and never bores, offering listeners more than half an hour of pure and crazy fun. And the guys have really done a great job of presenting a sound so distinctive and unique, we can say, that "everyone likes it a bit" as they say: their sound, surrounded by that extra something called attention to detail, the magical touch of every song, like the sudden changes of pace in "Sweet Home," first with very fast tempos, then with very slow ones, or like the unbridled disregard for so-called bon ton, a total submission to swear words and a nice “up yours” to etiquette as well observed in the first song and in "What A Dude," the pinnacle of the trio's insanity where the bassist also sings.

But these are just some of the strengths of the group from Emilia, offering you great involvement in every track, surprising you with those perfectly executed syncopated rhythms as in "Empty State Of Gold" (in my opinion, the best idea of all), while the bass constantly changes sound and the way it's played. Let's also remember one of the most famous and representative tracks of the group, "Fist O' Funk," one of those earworms that you can't get out of your head but you don’t come to hate it because it's damn beautiful overall. "Keep The Fade" and "Funk 'Em All" are two more examples of everything said so far.
I hope someone remembers that masterpiece that the Peppers released in 1991 under the name "Blood Sugar Sex Magik," because this EP reminds me of it damn well.

Finally, a bit of Funk played with balls made in Italy!!!