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Album Review: Black Joe Lewis - Electric Slave

Dan Condon

Come To My Party proves they make a better soul than garage band, but Electric Slave shows that Lewis and co have more grit and versatility than many might have expected.

There's more than a garage rock swagger on Black Joe Lewis' Electric Slave, a change in band line-up and new label having given the formerly soul/blues/R&B artist inspiration to make things a little dirtier. Openers Skullduggin and Young Girls feel like JSBX cuts, before Dar Es Salaam sees him in more familiar territory, tight horns and Lewis' impressive high-pitched, raspy hollering making it an album highlight. Come To My Party proves they make a better soul than garage band, but Electric Slave shows that Lewis and co have more grit and versatility than many might have expected.