City Kay - Strange Things (Baco Records)

The melody line of the title track of the album is based on 'Gnossienne', a nineteenth-century composition by French composer Eric Satie, and in the rootsy 'No Politicians Fool You', a raised middle finger at the political class, excerpts from an old speech by Indian thinker and philosopher Krishnamurti can be heard. In the majority of the songs on 'Strange Things' Jay Pharaoh takes care of lead vocals, but the track list contains a few exceptions: for the infectious 'Mind Under Control', one of our favorites on 'Strange Things', guitarist Yoam Minkoff sing lead, and in 'We Got To Be Together', an excellent modern rendition of the Wailing Souls classic, you'll hear the voice of keyboardist Loeiz. Wayward but very successful contemporary reggae production!