Budos Band
Long In The Tooth
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Sealed 2020, Standard Black Edition. Die Cut Front Cover With Obi Style Hype Strip. The Sixth Offering From The Doom-Rock/Afro-Soul Daptone Stalwarts. "Staten Island's Budos Band Celebrate Their 15th Anniversary With The Release Of Long In The Tooth, Their Sixth Long-player. While The Tongue-in-cheek Title Refers To The Band's Longevity, It Also References The Music On Offer Here. They Shifted Aesthetic Gears With 2014's Burnt Offering, Adding A Heady, Heavy Mix Of Riff-centric Rock And Psychedelia To Their Swaggering Meld Of R&b, Jump Blues, And Afro-funk, And Placed The Guitars, Organ, And Drums Right Up Front. This Set References The Band's Earliest Records With Horns As Front-line Instruments Framed By Inventive Beats And Infectious Riffs. This Isn't An Exercise In Nostalgia, However; The Budos' Restlessness Remains Their M.o. Over These 11 Relatively Brief Tracks. That's No Mean Feat. Long In The Tooth Is Easily The Most Complex Album In The Budos Band's Catalog. It Succeeds Because They Refuse To Graft On Too Many Extras Into Their Sonic And Stylistic Approach. The Music Here Retains The Band's Core Strength -- They Incessantly Rely On Deep, Hard-swinging, Intensely Delivered Grooves, No Matter The Material." Allmusic Review By Thom Jurek