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- Summary: The retro-soul rock quartet, featuring an eight-piece horn section, offers up a funky blend of R&B and blues reminiscent of early J. Geils Band, James Brown, and Otis Redding.
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- Record Label: Lost Highway
- Genre(s): R&B, Soul, Funk, Pop/Rock, Modern Electric Blues, Retro-Soul, Retro-Rock, Southern Soul
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Positive: 10 out of 10
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Mar 18, 2011Scandalous, though a natural progression, takes some surprising turns that attest to a tightened-up band still figuring out just how much dy-no-mite they're capable of exploding.
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Mar 18, 2011This is a party record, wholly unconcerned with painstakingly recreating the past (à la Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings) or pushing the genre into the future (à la Cee Lo or Janelle Monae).
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Mar 17, 2011In a word, Scandalous most certainly is; it's a party record that bleeds Saturday night into Sunday morning and beyond.
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Apr 8, 2011Scandalous is the soundtrack to your next party. In fact, after giving it a spin or two, you might just throw a party in its honor. Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, no doubt, would approve.
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Mar 18, 2011Scandalous isn't a throwback, it's a throw forward.
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Mar 21, 2011The thoroughly engaging Scandalous certainly satisfying one's hunger for some stick-to-your-ribs rock 'n' soul music. The band, however, seems approaching a crossroads. They definitely demonstrate their skills at successfully reviving these retro sounds but they are still striving to find their own special voice.
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Mar 17, 2011Scandalous doesn't venture far from its home turf, but that's because Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears' brand of Southern soul is a breath of nightclub air just how you need it.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Apr 15, 2011
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