One thing you gotta credit Red Bull Music Academy with is their knack for reaching back in time, unearthing bands decades old, and hoping they’ll be somewhat relevant in the modern age after a good dust-off. In the case of Liquid Liquid, it’s more like chipping away the ice after being in a space-bound cryogenic chamber for eons : the band seems less from another decade (they got their start in 1979) than another planet — it’s a cacophony of polyphonies here, of xylophones and funky bass rhythms, stream-of-consciousness wailing and just bizarre sh*t. Fans of Johnny Rotten’s Public Image Limited will find some similarities here, and followers of Parliament Funkadelic and the Fight the Power days of the Isley Brothers and funk yore will find a lot to like as the band was mentored, sorta, by Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious 5. If you never had a chance to get your dosage of unappreciated, extremely-talented funk-rock, you can get a listen on the Red Bull Music Academy now.
