NAFRO

Label: AllCity Recordings

Media: 7" Release Date: january 2005

Press

"The effects of Natural Afrodisiac's homespun brew of funk and soul are spreading.

After gaining notice on its Orange County home turf, the multi-racial octet is picking

up fans in other cities, including San Francisco, where it made its live debut in

September. But even with a growing fan base, it's difficult to sustain an eight-piece

band. "We're hustling just to get it together and even just to keep our rehearsal

space," says percussionist-vocalist Anthony Gonzales. "I don't think people really

see us as a marketable group, but I'd like to have some tour support so we can

get our music out there and show we can make it happen." Still, the goods are in

the grooves. "The One is the Three," the band's debut, is so accomplished that

casual listeners are stunned to learn that it's self-produced and self-released.

War is the best reference point, but there are also echoes of Lenny Kravitz..."

Craig Rosen

LOS ANGELES TIMES - Buzz Bands

"Great things come from Stanton, including funk/Latin/jazz/soul/R&B collective

Natural Afrodisiac. After a couple of EPs, we wondered what they'd do with the

freedom of a full-length. And now we know: nearly an hour's worth of hot,

deliciously danceable jam music by eight guys who could be the spiritual

offspring of War, the band that perfected multi-culti aural gumbo. A lot of these

songs feel free and fresh-perfect ear candy for breezy, late-summer city park

barbecues, let's say-and all are grounded by Jamie Allensworth's emotive,

classic soul man's pained howl. When Allensworth starts singing about

heartache-even metaphorically, like "the cars that won't get in gear"

(or more bluntly, like the moment when he screeches "MY WOMAN, I KNOW

YOU DON'T LOVE ME!")-you hurt as badly as he does...

OC Weekly