For the final single off their new album ‘Freak the Speaker’, The Allergies take us back to the glory days of power-packed P-funk and groove-heavy go-go music. Befitting those all-the-way-live, crowd-rocking genres, this one is a full band affair. With an ensemble vocal featuring the mighty rich gospel pipes of Charles Morgan, with backing from Mariette Smith and even a pitched-up Andy Cooper for extra funkadelic flavour on the m-i-c. The boisterous brass, arranged by Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley and The New JB’s collaborator, James Morton, lifts the track in signature style. While all the beats are respectfully built from choice chunks and chops of samples taken from an anthemic Trouble Funk record – The band that single-handily defined go-go in the early 80s. It makes for an uproarious blend of retro rhythms and new-school production punchiness, which has always been The Allergies celebrated M.O. credits releases November 29, 2024
