Townsend Records

Bedouin Soundclash

Street Gospels

CD £8.99

August 20, 2007

Bedouin Soundclash: Jay Malinowski (guitar); Eon Sinclair (bass guitar); Pat Pengelly (drums).
Additional personnel: Wade Macneil, Vernon Buckley (vocals); Money Mark (keyboards); Winston Bharat (steel pan); Darryl Jenifer (percussion).
Taking their name from the title of an album by dub experimentalist Badawi, Toronto-based trio Bedouin Soundclash actually have a more straight-ahead take on their Jamaican musical inspirations. On their third album, STREET GOSPELS, they pen easygoing pop songs built upon the skanking rhythms of ska. Vocalist Jay Malinowski's raspy falsetto is an easy fit for the band's uptempo grooves, delivering sprightly pop hooks with all the gusto of reggae-rock greats like the Police.