Music

Mancini and the Creepers

Tom Jenkins | Thursday 20 January, 2011 10:29

Here’s the thing: when someone’s music is described as ‘blurring the lines between hip-hop, soul, indie, electronica and jazz’, my heart sinks. Already I’m imagining some god-awful jazz-funk band, bottom of the bill at Womad with enough slap bass to make Mark King of Level 42 blush. So when the blurb to accompany Mancini and The Creepers’ second single ‘Trouble/Gold Sand’ arrived in my inbox, using that very description, I wasn’t expecting much.

Of course, I was completely and utterly wrong. This is a fine slice of UK hip-hop/ soul and I am a facetious bastard. Vocalist Mancini’s delivery is as clear, laid- back and unmistakeably British as Tommy Temper and Frank laws’ production is satisfyingly crisp and thumping. It is – as a young person might say – ‘phat’. Both tracks are available to download via Bandcamp.

Mancini and the Creepers – Gold Sand by snipelondon

Mancini and the Creepers – Trouble by snipelondon

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