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Alabama Shakes

Boys & Girls

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COLOUR
  • Clear (Crystal Clear)
YEAR
  • 2022 (2012)
EXTRAS
  • 2LP, Gatefold, 10 Year Anniversary Edition, Reissue
IF YOU LIKE
  • Rock
  • Funk / Soul
  • Southern Rock
  • Black Pumas
  • The Black Keys
  • Leon Bridges

Pitched somewhere between the retro-purist vibe of Sharon Jones and the nervy revivalism of Jack White, Alabama Shakes possesses a curious character: they're rooted in the past but it's clear they've learned their moves musicians removed some three or four generations from the source.

Instead of playing like refractions from a hall of mirrors, Alabama Shakes' 2012 debut Boys & Girls emphasizes how American roots music is now grounded in the '60s notion of blues & soul, all filtered through the prism of '70s classic rock. And it's not just that Heath Fogg tears great, gnarled riffs out of his guitar while the rhythm section of Zac Cockrell and Steve Johnson hit the downbeat with a brutal force -- lead singer Brittany Howard phrases like a rock singer, playing up vocal affections with glee, ratcheting up the drama by laying hard into her elongated phrases.
Genre: Indie, Rock, and Soul