Review: Little Roy – Lithium
Veteran jazz-funkster Little Roy plucks another plum from his Nirvana heralding album ‘Battle For Seattle’. ‘Lithium’, is the sort of track that is out there to be embellished, but the task of jazzing it up isn’t as easy as it sounds. Little Roy’s gritting over of his vocals means that the murkily mysterious lyrics get drowned or horned out, at times.
Some of the grit and gruel is removed from the original, but the pedestrian percussion and hounding horn lag brings out a different forlornness. More of a groove inducing vibe is imparted to this classic grunge number and, Little Roy’s added profile gives the song a Jools Holland and radio friendly edge.
