Listening to the Craig Charles Soul & Funk Show this week, I caught half a track that really grabbed my attention – a funky version of Jimi Hendrix's Fire. Seems it was the work of The Impellers.
Further research led me to find out that the band are a Brighton-based nine piece, formerly known as Ed Meme & The Forms and about to release their first album on Freestyle Records, Robot Legs. That's a follow-up to their debut single How Am I?, which is still available from Freestyle as a vinyl 45.
That Hendrix cover? Seems like it's on that long player, which, judging by the band's MySpace pages, will be a modern-take on a classic funky soul sound. That album is available for pre-order at Amazon with a release date of 27th July 2009. If you want a taster, check out the band's MySpace page below.
Thank you for this and for profiling the band! It’s great to hear that our stuff is being heard and catching people’s attentions.
FYI – the band is doing a live session for the Craig Charles show this Saturday, 1st August, on BBC Radio 6!