It would be wrong to claim that punk-funk is peculiar to Bristol but, from the Pop Group to Tricky’s darker moments, it’s a sound the city’s groups frequently exploit. The latest exponents are Zun Zun Egui, a quintet whose second album takes its inspiration from the band’s trip to Mauritius last year. One of the country’s most popular genres, seggae, is combined with scratchy riffs, excitable vocals and, on the closing City Thunder, stoner rock. On first listen it’s a little difficult but lopsided melodies emerge, the best of which call to mind the blues as played by PiL.
