Baby

The Detroit Cobras' Baby throws down a groove so river deep you'll need thigh high leather boots to get through it and so mountain high you'll need a half pint of the good stuff to get over it. Possessing a vocal vixen at the midpoint between the nasty-girl romance of Ronnie Spector and the "don't EVEN mess with me" growl of Tina Turner, the Detroit Cobras know how to uphold their rep as THE top shelf rock & soul band -- a thrashy, sexy powerhouse that can raise the rafters, coo and purr you into a trance, bring the Hully Gully into the 21st century soaked with sweat, and do justice to the legacies of both Motown and Detroit Rock City.

Baby is the Cobras' third full length CD and first US release in four years. Produced in part by Greg Cartwright (of the Reigning Sound), Baby gives props to the lost stars and misfits of soul's hey day. Songs by Hank Ballard, Bobby Womack, and Spooner Oldham, among others, are roughed up with wrenches -- customized, chopped down, serial numbers filed off, and given chrome plating and new paint jobs. It's like discovering your missing old bike has been re-built and used in a bank heist; it gives you a thrill and even makes you kind of proud. "An unremittingly fantastic record of the sort we're told they don't make any more. Irresistible Motown rhythms push dirty-rock riffs, lean soulful licks and Rachel Nagy's sassy vocals through 13 tracks, each of which leaves you wanting more." The Sunday Times London