When you hear an album described as “unpigeonholeable”, it normally means one of two things.
One: This album is a mess of genres, no one done particularly well.
Two: You’ve heard it all before.

This is NOT one of these albums and I’m not about to embarrass myself by trying to come up with an genre title for these guys.
Melting Pot is an album from Ayrshire based 4 piece, Voldo (a band as flexible as their classic video game character namesake).
The record is packed from start to finish with quirky and polished tracks, from Beck like opener ” Propaganda Machine” all the way through to “Happiness” which bizarrely enough had me thinking of Led Zeppelins foray into Reggae (D’yer Make’r); just, you know… Good.

Everything here is what you want from an all time great album, “Butter Gravy” brings in some Avalanche like moments, “Caley Line” sounds like Nick Cave and Tom Waits trying to stay warm on a freezing cold train station in the middle of nowhere, while “Tellumavision” fills in the gaps and throws in a dose of Flaming Lips just in case.
This truly is a special album, one that instantly gained a permanent place in my rotation and one that I’ll be dropping into conversation to gain credibility for a long time to come.

Dan Careless
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