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ALBUM REVIEW for The Marquee Magazine NOV 2005 From hard hittin' funk with a message, to passionate grooves flowing with lush harmonies, 8traC first release The UPLIFT e.p. is lighting new fires in the music world. Old School meets today in this fresh new outfit, with rich female vocals, enticing guitar, rootsy rhythm and bass, and hot horn lines. The three tune e.p. is short, but sweet leaving you in anticipation for more - which incidentally can be satiated this June with the release of their first full-length album. ?Overcome? is a 'groove-alicious' funk number reminiscent of late sixties/early seventies Motown, but with a flavor that is unique to 8traC's style. One can almost hear it as if it were written for an early career Stevie Wonder or a young Michael Jackson. ?UPLIFT Conspiracy? starts out with a familiar R&B rift and then lends way to a smooth groove with sultry harmonies throughout. Takes one right back to the days of bell bottoms, platform shoes, and big hair. ?In My Arms? is a sweet ballad sung with a genuine soulfulness not often heard these days. It's not unlike something Aretha might've done way back when she was roping in Grammy after Grammy, year after year. And all the while the band sounds like the ?Funk-Brothers," who were the back bone rhythm section that recorded most if not all of the music you've ever heard from the Motown/Soul/R&B era, keeping the groove solid and maintaining a feeling of authenticity. Tight grooves, powerful vocals and shining instrumental solos permeate all three tunes. A definite must-have in the up and coming music scene.