Good news as psych-funk outfit, Kind & Kinky Zoo finally get to release their brand new 45 Hot Love (test pressings of which first hove into view back in March!) featuring soul legend Rickey Calloway. A veteran of the funk-soul scene like Lee Fields and with a career that stretches back about the same length of time, Calloway also, like the now sadly-departed Charles Bradley, began his career impersonating James Brown. Don’t expect JB-like shenanigans on Hot Love though for, despite the title, this is an altogether more psych-soul affair with Calloway pouring out his heart over an intense, paranoid groove featuring fuzz guitar, its mood only occasionally lifted by a spacey flute. The project grew from an initial meeting of the Swiss band and Calloway at London’s Hook & Sling Festival and the flipside features an instrumental version of the track entitled Pornishead. Pre-orders available now.
(Out 21 June HERE)