"Solution brings a unique mixture of Funk, Rock, Jazz, and Soul to the stage for one highly-combustible performance. After recently returning from a worldwide tour playing for our Armed Forces and putting on over 50,000 miles, Solution is bringing 'a musical cocktail guaranteed to shake and stir."
- Armed Forces Entertainment
“This is a Test” is a six-track funk EP from Solution that fuses their underlying funk sound with rock, pop, reggae and jazz. Solution is a musically sound group and shows their range by innovating their sound with each track. The lead singer has a naturally soothing voice similar to Phish vocalist Trey Anastasio, but his range will remind the listener of such bands as Wilco, Murder by Death and Primus - depending on the track. The lyrics are socially conscious, as “No Surprise” reminds the listener that “Around the world people are hungry” and asks, “Will reality just simply fall away?” “This is a Test” is well-recorded, but pushes the envelope as far as conventionality is concerned. “Hide Away” begins with a gristly, raw piano and flows into a sharp, crisp sound soon thereafter, indicating that Solution made a conscious effort to do so. “Hot Sauce” nicely fuses Solution’s funk sound with jazz by incorporating jazzy flute, piano and horns with an outstanding funky bass beat. “Dig” is a fast-paced song with an overall funky beat and fast lyrics of which Les Claypool would be proud. “This is a Test” is a fun album with impressive and broad musicianship, nice vocals, and meaningful lyrics. For anyone in search of a good new funk album, here’s your Solution.
-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team
The CD was recorded with Nashville producer Chris Grainger (Wilco, Sixpence None the Richer) and features appearances by Jeff Coffin (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Jeff Coffin Mutet) on woodwinds and Brad Bowden (Sub-ID) on programming and sequencing.
Music from Solution can be heard in upcoming episodes of MTV's The Hills, Newport Harbor, Road Rules, The Real World, Road Rules/Real World eXtreme Challenge, The Life of Ryan, Lifetime's America's Psychic Challenge, E!TV's Keeping up with the Kardashians, and Oxygen's The Bad Girls Club.
CONTACT THE BAND:
solutionfunk@hotmail.com
solutionfunk@gmail.com
Hey it's your buddy Mike Falzone (no one says buddy
anymore). I just wanted to give you my record "Fun with Honesty" for
free. I'd also like to give you an obnoxiously long hug, but due to our
proximity, I don't think that can happen today. Please give it a listen.
If I'm ever Famous one day you can say, "Hey! That loser gave me his album
for free!"...then you can laugh at everyone who paid $20 for it at Best
Buy. Have a great day!
What uo fellow space travelers! It was awsome jammin with you all the other night!Look forward to doin it again sometime soon! Peas and Glove, Le and the LFT
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