Aura: S/T


Rare bay area funk-rock lp that, while highly regarded by some, does not do a lot for me personally. It’s definitely more juiced up than your average Cold Blood/Tower Of Power fare, so I can understand why this might appeal to fans of raw/self-produced funkiness, but it really is lacking in any real depth of songwriting. The tracks that try to break out of the mindless, good-timey, stoner at the roller disco vibe especially fall flat. Overall I’m more and more plagued with the thought that records like these are the dumb hot chicks of record collecting. Anyhow, I’ve probably been overly harsh, so I’ll leave you with a couple of the better tracks to judge for yourself…

“You Got Something”

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“Sativa”

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