Every so often, a new Tommy Guerrero album rolls by, and it’s a reason to be cheerful.
The latest release from this one-time bad-ass pro skateboarder follows similar lines to earlier albums such as A Little Bit Of Somethin’ and Loose Grooves & Bastard Blues in terms of his penchant for laid-back, casual, downbeat pop grooves.
Such slow-motion spells make for tracks that fizz and jangle with loose, down-home shades of funk, jazz, hip-hop and soul.
There’s little of a groundbreaking nature here – this, after all, is terrain Guerrero has surfed many times before – but there’s a quiet comfort in watching graceful, occasionally beguiling guitar jams work out their kinks and find their own space on the spectrum.
It’s hard to imagine Guerrero trying out any other sonics for size at this stage of the game, though it’s strangely admirable how he returns to the same patch of ground every time out in search of new skin.
