Below you can listen to "A Troll Soiree" by Brooklyn's CSC Funk Band. The tune is on their split 7-inch release with Stuart Bogie's Superhuman Happiness, out now on Electric Cowbell Records. The label has a nice selection of other 45 rpm records as well, including the first CSC Funk Band 7-inch as well as releases from the Debo Band, Talibam!, Greg Ginn (of Black Flag) and the Taylor Texas Corrugators and Spanglish Fly. You can buy them here.
"A Troll Soiree" cruises along at a leisurely pace, the perfect rhythm for a relaxed summer weekend in the city. The horns slide over the top of the mix while the guitar and percussion keep things steady. Whenever the groove is starting to wear, there's a subtle shift, whether it's a flourish of keys, a phased guitar or a quick solo. The freshness never fades.
Go see the CSC Funk Band tomorrow at I Do Not Doubt I Am Limitless: Walt Whitman's Brooklyn, a festival at the Pier 1 Harbow View Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The event is being presented by Issue Project Room and the Brooklyn Heights Association, and the rest of the lineup is also terrific: The Wingdale Community Singers, Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille, Jonathan Kane's February, Prince Rama of Ayodhya, Henry Grimes, Christy & Emily, Shannon Fields, Sexual Energies School: Quebec City and Steve Dalashinsky.
Then go see them again at Shea Stadium's 4th of July throwdown along with Future Islands, Liturgy, Tinsel Teeth, PC Worship, The So So Glos, Hard Nips, La Otracina, Tinsel Teeth, Telecult Powers and Guardian Alien.

