The Haggis Horns - What Comes to Mind (2015)

The UK’s favourite funk/soul brothers release their long awaited third album “What Comes To Mind” worldwide on October 2nd. This one features a host of special guest artists including vocalists Lucinda Slim (Zap Mama), John McCallum (Corinne Bailey Rae band) and John Turrell (Smoove & Turrell), plus New Mastersounds bass player Pete Shand and UK conga/percussion legend Snowboy

Leeds based Haggis Horns first hit the music scene in 1999 as both a band and brass section, the Horns making their first recorded appearance on The New Mastersounds debut album that year. Featuring some of the finest brass and rhythm section players in the UK, Haggis Horns musicians have played live and recorded with a host of major music artists including Mark Ronson, Corinne Bailey Rae, Lou Donaldson, Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Martha Reeves, Jamiroquai, John Legend, Cinematic Orchestra, Morcheeba, Roots Manuva, Finley Quaye and Nightmares On Wax.

With five singles on UK independent label First Word Records plus two albums (“Hot Damn!” in 2007 and “Keep On Movin’” in 2010), they released their first title on their own Haggis Records in summer 2015, the aptly titled “Return Of The Haggis EP”.

“What Comes To Mind” is packed full of feel good funk, soul and boogie that pays homage to the band’s musical heroes of the 1970s - Kool & The Gang, Donald Byrd, The Blackbyrds, The Mizell Brothers, Earth Wind & Fire. There’s plenty of dancefloor-filling funk for the clubs – “Out Of My Head”, “It Ain’t What You Got”, “Can’t Stop The Feeling” - plus jazz funk instrumentals like “Return Of The Haggis” where the band get the chance to stretch out and cut loose on the solo sections. For deep soul heads, check the slower tempo gospel tinged vocal track “Give Me Something Better”. British soul past or present doesn’t come much better than this!

01. The Haggis Horns - Return of the Haggis (4:11)
02. The Haggis Horns - Give Me Something Better (feat. John McCallum) (4:16)
03. The Haggis Horns - It Ain't What You Got (feat. John Turrell) (5:15)
04. The Haggis Horns - Keep It Tight (4:13)
05. The Haggis Horns - Digging in the Dirt (7:04)
06. The Haggis Horns - I Can't Stop the Feeling (feat. Lucinda Slim) (4:43)
07. The Haggis Horns - Doin' It (4:25)
08. The Haggis Horns - Outta My Head (feat. John McCallum) (4:22)
09. The Haggis Horns - You've Got to Keep on Bumpin' (5:48)
10. The Haggis Horns - Return of the Haggis (X Rated) (4:10)