THE FLESHTONES’ THE WHEEL OF TALENT: WHERE EVERY SPIN IS A WIN — An Interview with Peter Zaremba.
This piece was originally published in September of 2014.
The Fleshtones’ Wheel Of Talent (Yep Roc Records 2014) is an album that has stayed near the top of my favorite sounds pile for the entire first half of this year, and it shows no sign of stopping that spin cycle anytime soon — if ever.
As resplendently crafted as albums can be, it still retains all the trademarks of what makes any Fleshtones album worthy: It is a chock-full barrel of potential Top-Ten hit songs and would-be chartbusters, or at least it is in the alternate cultural universe that I’ve chosen to call my listening world.
For myself and other fans with similar musical appreciations, this is a world where The Fleshtones truly are the legendary Solid Gold Sound hit makers that their own self-labeled title “Super Rock” perfectly describes — a sound that is a specialty brew of raucous soul, rock and roll, trashy Farfisa organ, garage rock, fuzz punk, and funky glam.
