Mammal's debut studio album The Majority is the politically fueled rap-rock effort we were all expecting, minus quite the excitement one would expect from seeing them live (or listening to their brilliant live album Vol 1: The Aural Underground). Lead singer Ox holds no punches lyrically, and the instrumentation fluctuates wildly from soulful funk to hard rock with little effort, but while Mammal offer a little more variety than expected in terms of pure excitement or pure emotion, there's something missing here that withholds The Majority from reaching the electrifying heights they rise to in their live shows. Mammal have still created a great album, but it comes a distant second to witnessing the full Mammal experience in person, and that's slightly disappointing.
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