Return To Zero: Cobalt Blue Vinyl LP

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Label: ATO
Release Date: 14th March

Neal Francis is one electric keysman, a real boogie on down player without ever going too Hootenanny with the whole affair. A cool af man of the funk who advances his New Orleans jazz funk to a more 70s disco rocking dabbling with the synths sound. It's serving me Bobby Palmer doing his stuff with Al Toussant and Little Feat.

The latest album from Neal Francis, “Return To Zero”, emerged from a kind of visionary fever dream. Facing countless moments of creative frustration eventually gave the album its title. “I was cutting a lot of the vocals at home,” Francis explains. “Every time I needed to start over I’d press this button that says ‘RTZ,’ which stands for ‘Return To Zero.’ I was doing take after take but no matter how frustrated I got, I just told myself to remain calm and take inventory, and then begin again.” The album is a mix of timeless rock & roll and ’70s-era dance music.