Up on a UK countryside, nestled between the sheep, lays a cottage where two men form A Band of Bees. Creating high velocity jazz most appreciated through your delicate little headphones so your inner ear can experience that funk fusion they decided to throw in there for kicks. They create fun cartoons to throw inside an album jacket, and talk about feelings maybe, or partake in sing-sung lectures on what emotions are as a being, exploring the emotions in lyrical content. These two youngsters (23) Aaron and Paul are talented little fellows, and if you feel the need to break away from your rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, just to be eccentric, go ahead and take a dip into the sunshine folks.

Rustic fusion seventies style (think Car Wash) is spread out Sunshine Hit Me’s first track, “Punch bag” where they thoughtfully explain what it’s like to be treated badly, and successfully explain the emotion through their music and melodic lyrics: “Use me like a punch bag, I’m too much for a cage of monkeys”. “Angry man” slathers on a parody of what the angry man goes through when faced with any given situation. Which, by the way, is certainly the funniest track on the disc for the high pitched vocals, and a backup chorus singing “Angry man” in character tones (think Super Friends).

“Sunshine” has piano tracks that smooth out a distorted organ. It’s an instrumental that surprisingly has a testy structure that soothes like the sun after a four-day rain spell. Nice guitar work, though basic in a comical sense, found on “A Minha Menina”, as well as “This Town” where they explain how they want to be somewhere where everyone’s free in a soft, acoustic way. The personal favorite is “Sweet Like A Champion” because of the soulful body in the music, repetitive lyrics with rich breaks including a nice piano arrangement, and their fond organ. You can really see what these guys are worth through that song, almost what they are about, and I liked it.

This slapjack on the way people feel is melded with the way the emotion would sound, and the two guys here are incredibly talented. Making their album fun, like the band Pain used to do, and making noteworthy remarks pertaining to those who may take life on to serious levels. Is this an album to take seriously? Absolutely! It’s quite witty and masterfully arranged considering two people made such big sound. And they live in a great place where they escaped the drama attacks from the locals, or basic society trials that they ponder on their matching Barko-loungers (Isles of Wight). Maybe I could snag the address for a year long vacation?

www.a-band-of-bees.com