Thrust Too

After Thrust, Niles pursued a quiet solo career both under his own name and with a backing band, also called Thrust. The guitarists later works, like Liftoff, Lunar and Re-Entry, are undoubtedly more technically accomplished, with stronger musicians. Today, Niles is understandably far more apt to talk about those, and they fill out the lions share of his lifes work.Still, whether due to the jitters, the unorthodox setting, or the mid-fidelity sound which would later become not only fashionable, but desirable, Thrust and its sequel, Thrust Too possess an irreplaceable charm.What Thrust Too loses in atmosphere, it makes up for in deep grooves, like on Hang Ten, Parrott City, and Machelle. McNeal the namesake of the latter appears on the final track, Survival of the Funkiest, featuring rap-inflected vocals from the trio Coffee, Cream and Sugar.While Thrust Too is sometimes lost in the conversation surrounding its predecessor, its just as worthy from a musical and collectors hence We Are Busy Bodies releasing both records together, to trace Niles early evolution. But in a sense, Niles was just clearing his throat hed go on to make more mature, sophisticated works, from Re-Entry to Lunar.

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Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Wilbur Niles
Release Date: 31 March 2023
Genre: Soul
Label: We Are Busy Bodies
Distributor: MGM Music