Cathedral bassist Leo Smee started a bass and drums duo under the moniker Chrome Hoof with his brother Milo at the turn of the millennium to celebrate their shared love of mid-seventies funk and disco. Like sequined pied pipers, they recruited everywhere they played, building an army of multi-instrumentalists, including a full horn and string section, generating a devoted cult following with their legendary live shows. A veritable orchestra of musicians perform, decked out in futuristic monks' robes, kicking it like some unholy hybrid of Sun Ra, ESG, Goblin, Parliament-Funkadelic and Black Sabbath, complete with choreographed dancers, actors taking vaudeville interludes, and a twelve-foot tall metallic ram dominating the dancefloor.
That's the official promo note of Southern Records. I came across this one a day before yesterday. Really good stuff! Great bass, reminding me Flea from RHCP. There are some elements comparable with Art Zoyd/Univers Zero...generally the french/flemish RIO bands.
There are of course some heavier moments, lots of disco/funky atmosphere with some touches of aformentioned vaudeville interludes. They've just released the album Pre-Emptive False Rapture. Check it!
The myspace isn't actually very reliable in a way that it doesn't show the band's potential. The album is far more interesting than it may appear judging by the myspace samples
