23 Feb Album Review: Electric Wire Hustle – Electric Wire Hustle (Every Waking Hour)

Very rarely has there been an album that has exceeding the expectations of this reviewer. It may be even rarer that there's an artist that I haven't heard about make such a massive impact on me and my listening habits. Fortunately, Electric Wire Hustle have exceeded with both. Their album, titled Every Waking Hour, is a homage to soul giants like Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway yet embodies an intimate knowledge of Dilla-esque Hip Hop music that sparked the neo soul movement (even though that term seems exhausted). Proving that there's more hailing from New Zealand than the 'Flight of the Concords', this album is an array of excellent production thick with hypnotic melodies and boom-bap inspired drums.