Five Alarm Funk is a horn-powered, percussion-fuelled, sonic and visual assault.
For more than six years, the band has brought its relentless and unforgettable live show to clubs and major festivals across Canada and the USA.
The band onstage is an unstoppable orgy of energy. Ten musicians perform intricate and airtight arrangements with delirious dance moves and full-on headbanging.
Choreographed arm movements coincide with melodic climaxes while the four percussionists create a true spectacle.
Five Alarm Funk鈥檚 third studio album, Anything is Possible, was released July 2010. The genre-spanning, groove-straddling opus reveals 14 tunes of unbridled energy.
The first track, Infernal Monologue, begins with an angelic children鈥檚 choir before quickly moving into classically inspired heavy prog-rock. From there the party gets started with some straight-ahead funk on Zenith Escalator before turning to driving world rhythms and burning Middle Eastern-inspired horn lines on Titan.
Influences as diverse as Frank Zappa, J.S. Bach and Antibalas all made an appearance before Anything is Possible was finished.
This band has thrilled audiences at The Big Time Out and driven the dance floor several times in the Comox Valley.
A gig Feb. 11 will be their first appearance in Courtenay at the Bridge Lounge. Tickets are available at Bop City Records, Tarbell鈥檚 and Eco-Centric Naturals and by phone at 250-338-9996. Doors open at 9:30 p.m.
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