Peace – ‘World Pleasure’
Peace has re-surfaced from their recent obscurity, and with their last reverb-filled LP, In Love, still ringing around the country and their influence only now starting to filter into the collective conscious, it is with great satisfaction that we can present a new string to the Brummy’s ever-increasing Bow.
Harry Koisser and Co. take a Blockhead approach to merge funk bass and jabbing guitar with Ian Brown delivery and a starry-eyed sound to get ‘World Pleasure’.
Falling between funky rhythm and classic rock guitar can be a tricky jump indeed, but Peace’s effortless and unexpected use of it makes this a-soon-to-be-club-classic. You can just hear the remixers of the world rubbing their harvesting hands together.
There’s a sense of humour to Peace in their latest offering, demonstrated none clearer than with Koisser’s rapping performance. Mixing Ian Drury with Jamie T, he manages to not only rap and not sound ridiculous but use the sardonic, angsty lyrics to make the verse his own.
It is only matched by his brother Sam’s fantastic bass solo, which joins the funky credentials of the sound with the rock and roll roots of the band.
Peace are at the forefront of the Brum scene, leading the pack and even further progressing the scene with ‘World Pleasure’.
A scene still finding its feet as it works on moving from crawling to full-blown running, and this kind of inventiveness will surely have them donning the Nikes quicker than some may have expected.
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