Even though it’s winter in their native New Zealand, Fat Freddy’s Drop dropped one on us this week and took us back to our adolescent summers when the radio was filled with high-quality soul-psychedelia from The Undisputed Truth, Curtis Mayfield, The Isley Brothers, The Temptations, Ohio Players, Sly and the Family Stone, Dramatics, Cornelius Brothers, O’Jays, and yes, even Rare Earth.  Those were heady radio times that still resound in our minds all these years later.

We had heard mention of the popular Wellington band Fat Freddy’s Drop, but only in the last week have we actually listened to the band.  This is a dangerous game to be playing since we hold to the philosophy that nostalgia can be deadly to one’s musical soul.  But take a listen below and watch the (somewhat bizarre puppetry/marionette-dominated) video for Clean The House off of their impending third album Blackbird.  Ya gotta love the guitar work of Tehimana Kerr (aka Jetlag Johnson) on this song.  And it takes us back to those lazy, vinyl-spinning, poolside summers of Central California.  Forgive us.  We’ll be back soon with something newer and arguably more progressive.  In the meantime, though, enjoy this groove.