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Single Review: Fat Freddys Drop – Pull The Catch (Kartel)
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 17 November 2008
New Zealand may be more famous for Hobbits, the Finn brothers and folk comedy duos than beat-heavy, jazz-tinged reggae that drips in hip-hop influences, but Fat Freddys Drop (that missing apostrophe is their fault, not mine) offer up a single that may force you to reconsider that. If you notice it, that is. Conceived on a fishing trip in the idyllic South Island of their home country, ‘Pull The Catch’ bobs back and forth naturally, with a relaxed tone and lazy brass to match the sun-washed setting. There’s a monotony to this though, and it’s hard to see where the hook is, mainly because the pace rarely picks up. Oh, and the vocals are all too easy to lose interest in. Its self-indulgence may appeal to fishermen on lazy days in New Zealand, but I suspect few people in other settings would care. TM
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