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I have heard of Pama International since 2001 when
they were signed to current band member Sean Flowerdew’s
old record label Jamdown Records, which was the
same time the 4FT Fingers were signed to the same
label, but it took me until the end of April this
year for me to finally give the band a listen and
that was by chance as they were supporting The Levellers
when I went and watched them at Cheltenham Town
Hall, and I have to say that I was very impressed
with Pama International, from their professional
look, to their chilled out sound.
Pama International are currently working on a
new album called ‘Pama Outernational’
which is due for release towards the end of the
year, and to keep their fans happy whilst waiting
for the new album they are releasing ‘Happenstance’
as a single on the 22nd June to coincide with
their appearance at Glastonbury Festival and to
also give people a taste of what to expect on
their new album.
Now if you love Reggae or any of Pama Internationals
previous material then you are going to love ‘Happenstance’
as the song features exactly what you would expect
from both Pama International and a good reggae
track, the drumming on the song is quite basic
sounding but keeps a good constant rhythm, the
brass instruments sound fresh and exciting whilst
front man Finny’s vocals are really chilled
sounding , with the name of the song being repeated
time and time again within the lyrics, the song
is a proper chill out song, it won’t get
you moving fast but it will certainly get you
moving your hips ever so slightly.
‘Happenstance’ is a good track, as
I said above if you love Reggae in general then
you will love the song, it’s the kind of
song best listened to in a chill out lounge with
your friends whilst smoking a cigar and drinking
a nice glass of wine, but as the smoking ban has
taken over that’s not going to happen now
but you get the idea of the type of song ‘Happenstance’
really is.
4/5
Review by Trigger
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Finny (Lead vocalist)
Sean Flowerdew (keyboards)
Lynval Golding (Guitars, Vocals)
Ernie McKone (Bass)
Fuzz Townshend (Drums)
Gary Alesbrook (Trumpet)
Andy kinsman (Saxophone)
Marcos Ferrari (Dub stylings from
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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