New/Sealed
Vinyl LP pressing. 15 years after the release of their debut album, Daptone's Royal Court from Staten Island delivers a truly epic collection of new material that finds the group further bridging the gap between the farfisa-fueled Ethio-Funk stylings of their early recordings, with the psychedelic, Sabbath-inspired hellfire of late. The title track and lead single, Long in the Tooth, jumps out of the speakers with a heavy drum break (reminiscent of the B-Boy approved grooves of their early output), drenched in a pulsating, hallucinatory wall of organ, menacing horns, and a rugged guitar riff that pummels the listener into Budonian submission. Imagine Link Wray and Mulatu Astatke collaborating on a Italian horror soundtrack and you're getting close.
Disc 1
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Long in the Tooth |
| 2 | Sixth Hammer |
| 3 | Snake Hawk |
| 4 | Dusterado |
| 5 | Silver Stallion |
| 6 | Haunted Sea |
| 7 | The Wrangler |
| 8 | Gun Metal Grey |
| 9 | Mierde De Toro |
| 10 | Budonian Knight |
| 11 | Renegade |

