My Baby - Prehistoric Rhythm (2017)

The same mix of rock, blues and dance can be found on the new album Prehistoric Rhythm. Compared to the two previous albums My Baby, the dance universe even further explored, especially to the trip-hop. Not that there is pure trip-hop is on this album, but some songs do breathe this atmosphere of Massive Attack and Portishead. It makes the music of My Baby a little harder to define, but the main ingredients remain blues, rock and dance. With a Dutch band they are difficult to compare, but there are vaguely in common with the Belgian SX, Bettie Serveert, Yazoo, Siouxie and Alabama Shakes.

The mix of all these styles of music works best in the opening track Electrified, a hot, conjuring crucible of electro and blues, with the ultimate twist the slightly distorted vocals of singer Cato van Dijck. Same Wave is sometimes slow, mysterious and push harder to categorize. Single Love Dance draws up the pace again, which opens obedient, but flourishes all the way open to a real dance number. Beautiful Building, danceable, even sing along, but perhaps not representative of the band and the album.

Cosmic Radio combines the previously mentioned trip hop feel with influences from the Middle East. Ancient Tribe is now very exciting and again very danceable, but can not quite convince. Before that depends musically and lyrically yet what little meat on the bone.

TRACKLIST

01. Electrified
02. Same Wave
03. Love Dance
04. Cosmic Radio
05. Ancient Tribe
06. Moon Shower
07. Make a Hundred
08. Luminate
09. Haunt Me
10. Sunflower Sutra
11. Sunroof Diesel Blues
12. Straight No Chaser
13. Haunt Me (Slight Return)