The Big Mackoofy<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a group which by their own admission were \u201cHeavily influenced by 70\u2019s African Psychedelia\u201d , think Bowie meets Prince to write a Tarantino soundtrack. Or The Clash, The Redskins, and the Coup joining forces to make an album. What an amazing melting pot of music art? They have three new singles in the works and judging by the sounds of it, they are on to a winner.\u00a0 The Big Mackoofy have chosen to strategically release these tracks on a brand new streaming site\u00a0 Top Rizz International which is a resource and platform for musicians and performers. Diving into the first track \u201cWhen the Acid Kicks in\u201d, you realize straightaway from the title that you are about to hit a journey and what a journey, from the moment we pressed on the play. The magic suddenly kicked in providing you with an appealing degree of sophistication without lapsing into obscurity and self-indulgence.\u00a0 What I gathered immediately by listening to this track is that The Big Mackoofy has a sharp instinct for creating intensely focused efforts that never waste the listener\u2019s time. In\u00a0Coked up Mediocre Posh Boys\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>they are at it again with an instrumental intro that suddenly hits you like a cymbal in a street fight. Despite running under four minutes in length, The Big Mackoofy put their best foot forward with this song. There\u2019s a tremendous theatrical feeling to how the band structures the instrumental work in such a compositional way \u2013the wordplay repetition lyrically works to get the listener zoned in. The rhythm section provides a solid foundation on what will certainly be my favorite out of all three.\u00a0 The final track I had the pleasure of listening to, is Hey Big Old Mister featuring Dave London. This track is much more light-hearted fare, overall, with overtones balanced into the gritty gravitas that the band can frequently bring to their work.\u00a0 If you are interested in music from a band that isn\u2019t afraid to flex its muscles, but has equal courage for indulging its more melodic aspects then The Big Mackoofy is certainly your best new band.<\/p>\n

We decided to catch up with them for a quickfire round of Q&A:<\/strong><\/p>\n

What inspired you to get into music?<\/strong>
\nIn answer to your question, making music for us is as natural as talking and running, its a natural reflex \u2013 a good description can be found on our Spotify page (below)<\/p>\n

How would you describe your music?<\/strong>
\nIn 5 years we will still be making music-we are influenced by all music from around the world so there is an endless source of inspiration<\/p>\n

Where would you like to see your music career in 5 years\u2019 time?<\/strong>
\nPeople can hear us on all streaming platforms such as Spotify, Deezer etc as well as Soundcloud<\/p>\n

Where can music fans listen to your music?<\/strong>
\nFind our music following the links below;<\/p>\n

Topp Rizz International<\/a><\/p>\n

Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n

Soundcloud<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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