Breakwater / Release The Beast (2024 Repress)

Artist: BreakwaterTitle: Release The BeastLabel: Be With RecordsCat.#: BEWITH003SEVENFormat: 7" Vinyl, 2024 RepressCountry: UKReleased: 2024Style: Funk, SoulTrack Listing:Breakwater’s earth-shattering “Release The Beast” is unquestionably the standout song from their 1980 funk masterpiece LP Splashdown. It also came out as a now-hen’s-teeth-rare 7" in the same year and when it came to putting it out as a 7" again we just had to do it in a miniature version of the Splashdown sleeve. It’s one of the best album cover shoots of all time.For the b-side, we’ve backed Breakwater’s biggest track with Be With’s favorite: the quietly majestic gem “Let Love In”, another winner from the same LP.Possessing a sound and a feel that was lightyears ahead of its time, “Release The Beast” is a showcase for Breakwater’s phenomenal power-funk capabilities. The energy is astounding. It rips out of the grooves on a deep funk tip, with speaker-smashing, room-shaking drums competing with distorted funk-rock gu