MARIO COBO - PART 2

Please find an adaptation of this review in Spanish at

elrockandrollyyo.blogspot.com

SIDE A = 1. Barel of Monkeys   2. Dune Tune
SIDE B = 1. String Theory   2. Tioman Waltz

Sleazy Records / SR88

The continuation to the "Part 1" EP edited on the same label some time ago. As a matter of fact, the look of sleeve and record is the same than in "Part 1", being the difference the change of colour: what was red (half of the sleeve and the vinyl) now is green.

The four instro songs in this EP are made for glory of Mario Cobo (he's also the songwriter of all of them), a virtuoso of string instruments being able to show high level along the record playing electric and acoustic guitars, electric bass, ukulele...

"Barel of Monkeys" opens the record with a fast, happy rhythm and a strong touch of Rockabilly; next is a more relaxing "Dune Tune" that sounds exotic... maybe reminiscing of that dune that the title refers to.

On the other side, "String Theory" puts the rhythm up again and it is, in my own oppinion, the highest point of the EP regarding the playing skills of Mario Cobo, who plays several of the string instruments in just this single tune. The title says it all, I mean. As it says it all also for the one that closes the record, "Tioman Waltz", being just that: a waltz, Country & Western style, that is going to make a lot of couples dance.

Fans of guitar pickers will love this record.