REVIEW: The Dualers – Voices From The Sun

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The rich glory of summer’s warm touch has begun to fleet. The days grow shorter and the night slowly encroaching on the light of day and, with it, brings the coming chill of Autumn. Is not fitting, then, that we take one last bask in the sunlight?

Legendary ska/reggae chart-toppers The Dualers agree wholeheartedly, their new album ‘Voices From The Sun‘ (VFTS) representing a resplendent and worry-free late-summer outing that makes for a fine addition to the band’s acclaimed discography. For those unaware, the sound of The Dualers is the sound of a smile, of a lively BBQ on a sunset beach, of cold beers and warm laughter. It’s a palette that has earned the nine-piece a teaming mass of sun-loving followers and, in doing so, have lifted their brand of roots and blues to the forefront of the UK reggae scene. VFTS is by-and-large an extension of the band’s aforementioned success, they haven’t reinvented the wheel for the sake of evolution, but instead crafted 14 new reasons as to why this band is so special.

With nine members, the band’s sound is inherently dense. VFTS, like its predecessors, is a well-oiled machine and finds no trouble in giving each of its vital cogs the limelight. From the word go in opener Sunny Days, Tyber Cranstoun’s vocals are a gentle guide through the song’s brass accents and head-bobbing percussion, with the vocal harmonies giving the album’s intro a sweet hook for the mind to cling to. In a way that only The Dualers could, the album opens like a warm embrace. Further down the tracklist with highlights like Mr Penniless, Yippie I Ay and Johnny Dangerous, it’s a joy to just marvel at the record’s production. Bright, soulful and brimming with vibrant charisma, VFTS extracts the very best from what the band has to offer and turns the dial to 11.

While those may point and demand a grander sense of progress from album to album, the old adage of ‘if it ain’t broke’ speaks a great truth here. Necessity is the mother of all creation and, in this case, what need is there for The Dualers to depart from such a winning formula? VFTS is yet another triumphant product of the soul from one of the UK’s most culturally rich and universally beloved bands that can only be described as special.

Voices From The Sun drops August 12th, so mark your calendars!

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REVIEW: The Dualers – Voices From The Sun

The rich glory of summer’s warm touch has begun to fleet. The days grow shorter and the night slowly encroaching on the light of day and, with it, brings the coming chill of Autumn. Is not fitting, then, that we take one last bask in the sunlight?

Voices From The Sun drops August 12th, so mark your calendars!