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Marcel Haerkens for Oor magazine
T-99, Coo-Coo
A few weeks ago they played at the festival Talk A Walk in Sittard. A show that made me look forward to this debut album. A lot of experience is gathered in T-99, and man does it show. Mischa den Haring (vocals/guitar), Thijs Gorter (bass) and Henk Punter (drums) played with a lot of different acts, amongst them Monti Amundson, Byther Smith, Lazy Lester and Paul Orta. Coo-Coo plays itself like an adventurous journey through ‘rootsland’. From raw underbelly-blues to rockabilly, r&b, western swing, jump and back. Rhythmics include all of the tempos between horny grooving and mean stomping. Elementary and effective, which also counts for Mischa’s skilful guitar playing. Never overplaying. One recognizes a master by his limitations, is it not? Their approach is somewhat similar to that of the Seatsniffers. That said, it is no surprise that Walter Broes, chief of this Belgian club signed for the production of this refreshing and utterly variated record. He plunges the songs in a sultry reverb-bath. Just as if Phil Spector pulls up another sound wall. You guessed it; number nine of the steadily expanding Cool Buzz-catalogue is another bull’s-eye. |
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Click above for original review (dutch) |
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Check it out: no. 8 in
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