Tower Of Power – Step Up | Album of the day 7th April 2020

After an incredible 52 years in the business, Oakland legends Tower Of Power are still making superb jazz kissed funky soul and their 27th studio album, ‘Step Up’, finds them fresh and relevant even after five decades. Vocalist Marcus Scott is on point and the band are razor sharp. The bristling ‘Step Up’ has touches of Incognito, the pacier’ Story Of You And I’ is an incisive funker while the downtempo, bluesy ‘Who’d Have Thought’ shows how their versatility. The joyous ‘Let’s Celebrate Our Love’ has a flowing vintage feel, the sanctified feel of ‘Look In My Eyes’ soars while  the standout track among many great moments is the sublime modern soul of ‘Addicted To You’ that sounds like they’ve revived a canned late 70’s west coast gem. Brilliant stuff.