The Rooks – Something You Can Take

The Rooks are a New York City-based sextet just funky enough to make your mother nervous. The band draws on an eclectic catalogue of influences (the melodic sensibilities of Stevie Wonder, the staggered backbeats of J Dilla, the vocal intricacies of The Dirty Projectors), as they dance the line between music that makes you think and feel-good-down-in-your-gut soul.