Brits: Straight Trippin’

Jamiroquai frontman Jason Kay once said that if a dance song works on the first listen, it probably won’t have much longevity. He should know - not only has he written some crazy hot dance cuts, he’s actually a crazy Brit. And those crazy Brits can make anything sound like a grad school thesis, with their super-smart accents and 4:00 tea and shit.

My point! Englishmen sometimes make insane dance floor burners that make you bust it immediately. For instance, take newcomer “electro-soul” crazies UnkleJam. First of all, they use that ill-advised “k” in place of a “c” in their name, but hey, they’re English, so they probably mean it in a post-ironic way, not in the “I don’t know how to spell” way we do here in the States! And they took their name from an old Funkadelic album, so you know they got love for classic funk nutters.

UnkleJam’s first single, “Love Ya,” is instantly dope; and I’m just going to say it right here: it’s the freshest cut I’ve heard in a minute. It’s impossibly funky, like a 3am Paisley Park pickup session with Rick James, Sly Stone, and Fishbone. Add some nasty hand claps, and I’m about to have you hold my purse. “Love Ya” has already blown up on MySpace and over in the UK, and they haven’t even released it yet.

Oh, and make sure you check the video for bugged out European dancing and frightening 1987 spandex dresses.

Will it still sound as bangin’ tomorrow? I hope so, but if not, I won’t hate on UnkleJam. Jay Kay warned me it might not, and those Brits are smart.

UnkleJam
Love Ya
Since Sinai, 2007