The Needle And The Groove
Nub, 2021
8/10
Listen to The Needle And The Groove
An outfit made up of two brothers from the East Midlands, this time around Hyson Green take help from blues enthusiast Corey Stevens and the pop singer Korilynn for a very mature listen that thematically surrounds relationships and is never short on rhythm.
“Keep On Growing” starts the listen percussively strong as a warm, soulful quality enters the bright brass and dual gender vocals that mix together superbly, and “A Deeper Love” follows and showcases Korilynn’s expressive and pretty pipes alongside a precisely textured climate that embraces pop moments.
In the middle, the playful and agile “Time Changes Everything” points towards earlier decades with its frisky percussion and spirited guitar work, while “Never Gonna Hide” recruits a dance friendly energy that’s busy, melodic and charged in a very charming manner.
Approaching the end, “Just Call Me” is clever and memorable and not short on grooves, and “Deep Blue Goodbye” exits the listen calm, smooth and subtly touches on jazz and even R&B, too.
David and Roy Osborne, i.e. Hyson Green, thankfully don’t hide their influences like Boz Scaggs, Hall and Oates and Robert Palmer, as they pen an album with a very nostalgic feel that indeed seems tailor made for the needle and grooves of a turntable and wax.
Travels well with: Gabe Dixon- Lay It On Me; Brendan James- Leap Taken