MEMPHIS INSTURMENTAL COMBO IMPALA TO RELEASE 1ST ALBUM IN 12 YEARS WITH ‘IN THE LATE HOURS’ (AUGUST 24 / ELECTRAPHONIC RECORDINGS), CELEBRATING BAND’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY
SCOTT BOMAR (THE BO-KEYS, DON BRYANT, HUSTLE & FLOW) AT THE HELM
One of Memphis’ stalwarts of the great ‘90s garage scene, instrumental band Impala, will return with ‘In The Late Hours,’ out August 24
on Electraphonic Recordings, drawing on Memphis’ garage, blues, and
soul traditional and incorporating surf, spaghetti western, music from
spy movies, and music to strip by. It’s the band’s first album since
2006's ‘Night Full of Sirens.’
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The band has impeccable credentials: its debut was co-produced by
Sun Records and Jerry Lee Lewis veteran Roland Janes; they opened shows
for Dick Dale and Davie Allen & The Arrows; had music in George
Clooney’s film “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.” Scott Bomar, the
group’s bassist, began producing and running his own studio, formed the
seminal blues-soul combo the Bo-Keys, and began composing, creating
scores for films such as Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan and
Mississippi Grind. Other Impalas include trumpeter Marc Franklin, who
was a member of the bands of Gregg Allman and Bobby "Blue" Bland, and
drummer Paul Buchignani, formerly of The Afghan Whigs.
Impala reformed in 2017, and after woodshedding with a series of
local gigs, returned to the recording studio to create this brand-new
album, aptly titled In the Late Hours. Recorded at Bomar’s Electraphonic
Studios in downtown Memphis, In the Late Hours features ten
intoxicating guitar- and sax-driven R&B songs, born out of that
golden era of Memphis music when rockabilly, rhythm and blues, jazz,
garage and soul music collided. These songs channel potent
ghosts—namely, Packy Axton, Willie Mitchell and Ike Turner, all pioneers
of Memphis’ instrumental scene—but they’re hardly derivative. They
bristle with urgency and make your heart beat fast.
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