Three Fall
Realize!
ACT ***
Widely travelled German reeds/trombone/drums trio Three Fall return with their second album following on from their Red Hot Chili Peppers-themed outing On a Walkabout. This new album, recorded as recently as late-February, features a combination of their own tunes and rock and pop numbers including songs by Rage Against the Machine, Coldplay and Nirvana. Saxophonist Lutz Streun injects a great deal of energy into the band sound and in his interplay with trombonist Til Schneider and drummer Sebastian Winne there’s an obvious rapport. So it’s easy to imagine these three in party mode with their lively funk and chunky riffs livening up the place. But the album could do with a bit more light and shade that covering Coldplay, however imaginatively, is never really going to achieve. 
Released on 1 July