Fresco – The Cinelli Brothers
Review By Nigel Foster
12 original tracks clocking in at 50:02 makes this a taut and lean album with no excess.
The Cinellis were embraced in the UK by the blues community and that gave them an essential foothold on the scene but they have always been much more than just a blues band.
It is a charade to try and categorize the quartet, The Cinelli’s slip and slide across genres here diving into contemporary blues and rock, R&B, funk, soul, classic pop and even a little bossanova. The 12 tracks are a real cornucopia of aural sounds that will sweep you up and carry you along on the crest of a sonic wave.
Get your dancing shoes out and put on your best karaoke/singstar voice because you will want and need both when you get hold of this and more so when you hear these songs live.
The Cinelli Brothers are street smart in that they are constantly evolving, developing their sound and image to ensure they appeal to a younger and wider audience. After all that is the lifeblood of the independent music community. Us 60+ males can’t go on forever.
Fresco is fresh, vibrant and the only thing cooler than the slick album cover is the 12 new songs. Fresco is uplifting, positive and smile and laugh inducing.
A piece of advice to the boys, make sure Rich and Chris Robinson don’t get their hands on More Than A Woman and Black Hole Heart because these two have got a really cool Black Crowes feel to them. Hooked up metronomic riffs, serious grooves and edgy vocals. If the brothers get wind of them they might try and steal them.
Heaven and Sandy capture the soul and funk of the band. Deep serious grooves pulse away and a deep soul feel etches the vocals.
The classic pop emerges on the vibrant yet lyrically driven Leave Me Alone. The driving dominant piano slotted beside the vocal conjures prime time 70s Elton John for me.
Loving Is Easy is drenched in soul, the vocals are deep, thick and as rich as the finest honey and the harmony vocals are gorgeous.
Amen To You is where that jazzy and bossanova vibe kicks in. Brass and keys give it that unmistakable swing. Think underground late night Jazz Club and you have this one’s coda.
The G.O.A.T closes the album and first up what a brilliant title for a song. And the song, it is infectious, smile inducing and has the stamp of prime time glam.
The G.O.A.T for me is screaming out to get a single release, it must be a HIT.
Fresco is an injection of vibrant energy that will captivate all who wrap their ears around it. It is going to explode for The Cinelli Brothers and take them to the next level.
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