Continuator (2006)

The world the Gamble Brothers Band articulates on this intriguing record—in the working man’s anthem “Overboard,” about the ongoing act of trying to keep one’s head above water, as well as songs like “Hold Out ‘Til Monday,” “Back at School,” “Heart’s Not in It” and “Shopping Cart” — will be readily familiar to most listeners, because it’s the world we live in today. These themes yanked from everyday life in contemporary America interact wondrously with the gritty grooves and smoky feel they’ve carried forward from the ‘60s and ‘70s R&B records on which they’ve based their sound. This is their best work yet, no doubt about it.