BROT + SPIELE

After two instrumental albums MUNJU out of Germany make their third record from 1980 a vocal record. The drummer and guitarist sing and there's a guest singer on track three. All sing or speak in German and man the vocals really take away from the enjoyment here. I prefer the first two albums to this but I didn't give either of those 4 stars so this has been a band I just haven't been able to get into. The drums also sound weak to say the least. I even wondered if they used a drum machine but apparently not.

Some call this Kraut Fusion in the vein of MISSUS BEASTLY and the like. Not as jazzy as that band and sax player Jurgen Benz has left after the last record, he being from MISSUS BEASTLY coincidently enough. American Fred Lamberson is the new sax player in Jurgen's place. Oh besides a guest singer on one track we get EMBRYO's Christian Burchard adding tribal drums to the shortest piece "Armadillo" plus he adds vibes to "Manchmal Dauert Es So Lang" a song where the sax is prominent. Except for that short track all the rest range from 5 1/2 minutes to 6 1/2 minutes. And with the drumming and vocal issues I have 3 stars is all I got.