Somewhere Finally (radio edit) - (3:49)
92 BPM Mushroom Strut - (4:13) 118 BPM
Review: With a growing rep on the UK funk scene, and BBC support from Mark Lamarr and Craig Charles, The Fantastics are on the grow. With new singer Sulene Fleming also on board, they sound magisterial on "Somewhere Finally" - a slow and classically soulful funk song which makes great use of the interplay between Mark Norton's sax and Fleming's warm and swooping delivery. On a more Meters/Jimmy Smith tip, "Up Yours" on the flipside is a Hammond-led slinker, while "Mushroom Strut" goes all out on a 90s Acid Jazz groove. Look out for their second album which should be hitting the stores soon.