The Excitements - The Excitements

Size: 79,8 MB
Time: 33:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues, R&B, Soul
Art: Front & Back

01. Take The Bitter With The Sweet (3:04)
02. I Don't Love You No More (2:38)
03. I Do The Jerk (1:57)
04. Never Gonna Let You Go (3:05)
05. Wait A Minute (3:14)
06. Let's Kiss And Make Up (2:35)
07. Fat Back (2:42)
08. Won't You Let Me Know (2:50)
09. From Now On (2:35)
10. I Want To Be Loved (2:53)
11. If It Wasn't For Pride (3:09)
12. Love Is Here To Stay (3:06)

There are bands who go on stage and play, then there are others who set it on fire and blow the audience away every time. The Excitements are the latter type. One of the few bands, let alone any, that obtains the level of energy and authenticity that this band offers on stage and in its work. Spiritual heirs of the golden age of black music and most ardent soul music bringing their love of music with an impeccable collection of 45? vinyl in three long players which are pure dynamite. Known as a greased machine of the most rhythmic and fast blues of the present day their shows are energetic and offer a blend of furious rhythms, emotions, and slow ballads which are equally brilliant.

Along with Koko-Jean Davis on lead vocals, Adrià Gual on rhythm guitar and Daniel Segura on bass guitar. The Excitements line up is completed with: Albert Greenlight on lead guitar; José Luis Garrido on drums and, finally, the horn section with Nico Rodríguez Jauregui on baritone sax and Jordi Blanch on tenor sax. The independent record label Penniman Records (Barcelona), is the company which has edited their half-dozen 7-inch records and its three LPS (long play records) so far all of them produced by the legendary Mike Mariconda.

It is now eight years on where the band have been working up a solid fan base throughout the entire Iberian peninsula and the rest of Europe. They have not stopped touring both small clubs as well as large venues, outdoor events or macro-festivals. ~Marcos Molinero Monguio

The Excitements

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The Excitements - Breaking The Rule

Year: 2016
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:31
Size: 82,2 MB
Styles: R&B, soul
Scans: Front, back

1. The Mojo Train (2:44)
2. Fire (2:48)
3. Wild Dog (2:56)
4. Take It Back (3:03)
5. Breaking The Rule (3:24)
6. Everything Is Better Since You're Gone (2:20)
7. Chicken Pickin' (2:02)
8. Four Loves (2:55)
9. Hold On Together (3:28)
10. Did I Let You Down (3:35)
11. Back To Memphis (3:06)
12. I Want More (3:03)

When notorious workaholics of rhythm The Excitements finally ended the two-year, 200-show international tour that followed the 2013 release of their second album, Sometimes Too Much Ain't Enough, they immediately threw their road-sharpened repertoire into the studio to record their finest album to date, Breaking The Rule.

This third album confirms that the big combo from Barcelona can do whatever they please - caress you, kick you in the stomach, or both. The steamroller rhythm section pounds under searing guitars and roaring horns while vocalist Koko claws at their hypnotic gyrations with wild abandon.

Breaking The Rule offers high-voltage rhythm-and-soul floor-shakers and lease-breakers ("Everything Is Better Since You've Gone," "Fire," "Hold On Together"), ripping, spear-hurling R&B numbers ("Chicken Pickin'," "Did I Let You Down"), heartbreaking mid-tempo ballads ("Breaking The Rule," "Take It Back"), and a pair of rhythmic postcards: a tribute to the noisy streets of New Orleans ("The Mojo Train") and restless nights in a Havana boarding house ("Four Loves").

Inside this explosive cocktail of sonic chaos, a strange, sweet harmony prevails through each and every groove. And as always, it's all wrapped up, signed, sealed, and delivered with the elegantly filthy production of Mike Mariconda.

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The Excitements - Sometimes Too Much Ain't Enough

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:13
Size: 78.3 MB
Styles: R&B/Soul/Blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[2:12] 1. Keep It To Yourself
[2:54] 2. Ha, Ha, Ha
[2:37] 3. That's What You Got
[2:51] 4. Keep Your Hands Off
[3:59] 5. I've Bet And I've Lost Again
[3:24] 6. Don't You Dare Tell Her
[2:49] 7. The Hammer
[2:39] 8. Fishing Pole
[2:41] 9. I Believe You
[2:36] 10. Tell Me Where I Stand
[2:22] 11. I Found A Little Girl-I Found Myself A Man
[3:03] 12. Sometimes Too Much Ain't Enough

The Excitements are a hardworking band, almost hyperactive, so when you are in a state of perpetual motion, things happen fast and time flies. Within six months of their first show in March 2010, the group was touring all over Europe, and recorded their first long play. The album was a totally unexpected success which led the band across the continent for a year and a half. It’s sad to say, but "Sometimes Too Much Ain’t Enough", the second LP, surpasses its predecessor in all respects, and gives the impression that until now the band was just...warming up. The essence of their sound has not changed substantially over the debut: early Soul, R & B, and a hint of 50's gospel, but now fully developed, sharpened and fine tuned, thanks to two years of intense rehearsing and countless shows.

It would be difficult to pick out a standout song from this album, because it contains twelve potential singles, so we won't. Just listen to it, and see that everything is here- great originals and covers arranged and performed with a nod to all that you love, and a repertoire that offers everything from sophisticated R & B, soul, gospel and latin, to Stax-style instrumentals and tear jerking, hypnotic ballads. Masterfully produced by Mike Mariconda, the band moves freely from a small combo to an orchestra with a sense of dynamics that few bands have today. The explosive voice of Koko Jean Davis demands that you jump, dance, and weep all at the same time, confirming that, indeed, there are times when too much simply ain't enough.

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