THE West London reggae stalwarts return with their first album in 12 years and the beats pound just as ever they did.
Not much has changed and Misty In Roots are still rhythmic, tuneful and earnest. This is reggae with a political message, which has always been part of the point, the deep bass pounding beneath the sermonising.
Those in search of old-fashioned reggae will not leave disappointed, although listening to 13 tracks, many of them five or six minutes long, does take stamina.
True Rasta gets matters rolling in fine, throbbing style, while Cover Up is a litany of political woes, built round the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Follow Fashion, a lighter sort of sermon, shows Misty In Roots sounding almost playful.
Mostly, this is the stern end of the reggae spectrum, banner waving from a band that did much lambasting back in the Eighties.
Updated: 09:09 Thursday, September 19, 2002
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