Various – Feelin’ Kinda Blue

Ah yes – feelin kind of blue. Its over between the two of you and it turns out all the classic lyrical cliches are true, stacking up neatly into two camps not unlike the stylistically opposed sides of an old soul 45. You know – the torch song for lost love on one side and the get back on your feet party mover on the other? And now you think about it, maybe music could help – whether through the cathartic release of heartache or to soundtrack your sexual and romantic rebirth. After all, what have you got left now but music? In short you need a break-up album and Original Gravity Records might just have provided the very thing in the form of Feelin’ Kind Of Blue. Oscillating between moodiness and optimism, the LP channels the best of sixties R&B, soul, funk and (of course!) blues in a bid to guide you through your misery. And if it isnt quite the case that torch song slowie alternates with upbeat dance floor track throughout (the moody cuts are nearly as likely to be movers as the party numbers on this one), we should remember that the course of being in and out of love never did run smooth.