Ask My Bull is a flamboyant jazz punk band from Manchester who just launched
their new EP.
In this case, flamboyant means gender-bending and
visually outlandish. For example, you might see guitarist Fritz Lindner playing
in a short green cocktail dress, garters, and fairy wings, or maybe Tom Le Cocq
playing bass as a shirtless cowboy. On another night, they could all be wearing
zombie makeup.
That can add to a party-like atmosphere, but perhaps
what it should do is prepare you for things to be a little different, like
mixing in punk with your jazz.
Having seen references to a two-piece, then a
four-piece band, and now with five members as Fritz and Tom are joined by
Elliot Slater and Luc Phan on saxophone and Alex Martin on drums, there is a
feeling of something that has been growing and building. That is appropriate
for jazz.
(Edited to add that Elliot Slater is new to the band since the completion of the EP.)
(Edited to add that Elliot Slater is new to the band since the completion of the EP.)
Their self-titled EP has five tracks.
"Machete" is probably the most innovative, but I have a fondness for "Murunken".
"Keep Pace You Wimps" lets you feel the funk.
I don't know what any of the titles mean. I'm not
sure I'm supposed to.
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