Mocca: Colours (FFWD)

By Ben Liew  •  19 Nov 2009 in Review

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It’s not everyday we here at JUICE review a jazz album, but hey, we know how to swing it. However, Mocca can hardly be considered a jazz outfit. Rather they play oldies and jazz-inspired music, which is totally cool except for the fact that it’s also rather cheesy. The girl-diary-love lyrics may work for a while but soon it becomes too cute until it sickens. They do a decent cover of Bjork’s ‘Hyper-Ballad’ but again it becomes too literal with an overkill of piano. Colours is lovely for a chirpy Sunday afternoon, but don’t play it on a Monday unless you want to get elbowed in the face by reality.

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Checkout Mocca at www.myspace.com/moccaofficial.