Travellers

Travellers – Black Black Minds - Pressure Sounds

It's always exciting when a new Pressure Sounds album arrives. This Travellers album doesn't live up to the high standards set by earlier releases such as the Kool Roots album, arguably because the Travellers’ vocal styles are significantly derivative and lacking in distinctive originality. But it is still well worth a reissue, primarily due to the spiky, unconventional dubs, some of which almost have an edge of '76 style punk raw power. The album succeeds, therefore, due to Prince Jammys' clean and aggressively surreal mixing, skeletal and metallic and harsh. The production values are similar to the Bim Sherman ""Lover's Leap"" album, particularly echoing the raw power edge of tunes like ""Chancery Lane"" and ""My Brethren.""