Next Movement EP review

Wellington’s The Shakedown seem to have only been around a short while (or at least since March last year) but have already made a bit of a name for themselves through their live shows and a couple of singles.

Next Movement is their first release and is 5 tracks of pretty sweet sounding reggae-laden funk. The music is very polished and the songwriting is solid, so each of the tracks really shines, although the last two, Tell Ya and Too Far Gone, would be the standouts for me.

Frontman Timmy P has a great voice, which is well complemented by Lace Reihana, and the counter play between the two really adds a lot to the music. The other members of the band (Tia Beaufort on drums, Liam Hanley on bass, and Tainui Salzman on guitar) add plenty of flourishes and unexpected musical moments, moments that stop the EP from ever descending into clichés.

Next Movement is a great debut, and one that I’ve played a lot over the past couple of weeks; given how infectious the songs are its bound to be played a lot more over coming months.