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There's liberation on the dance floor in the songs of Matthew Urango - glimpses of revolution that glimmer beneath the disco ball. InchI want my music to bring people together,Inch says the Californian pop innovator, best known as Cola Boyy. InchBecause standing together is our best chance at fighting this S**t show.Inch The S**t show in question is a broken system the acclaimed multi-instrumentalist has witnessed up-close. Urango was born with spina bifida and scoliosis in Oxnard, California a town in which almost 30,000 are estimated to live in poverty. Prosthetic Boombox, his eagerly awaited debut album, might at first glance seem a joyous confetti-burst of pop eclecticism, engineered to sound like Inchscanning between stations on a car radio, landing on all these different sounds and stylesInch as Urango puts it. Dig deeper, though, and you'll discover a simmering sense of rebellion. InchThe working class are injured, struggling to pay rent and struggling to put food on the table,Inch he says. InchI want to represent that.Inch Prosthetic Boombox achieves that goal in a thrilling flurry of inventive indie, funk and soul take Urango's car radio analogy, place it in a time-travelling Delorean with Prince in the passenger seat, and you're half-way there. Look no closer than Prosthetic Boombox's euphoric opener, the Avalanches-assisted 'Don't Forget Your Neighborhood.' The track - which Urango says mixes Inchthe Beach Boys, French disco, house keys and ragtime piano, kinda like the Cheers soundtrack!Inch - ends with lyrics urging listeners to Inchfight for your town with your fist closed, strike it and make it more than just a memory.Inch It's a reminder that the working classes need to Inchturn our fists against our oppressors instead of each other,Inch he explains. Urango saves his most introspective moment for the album's starry closer. 'Kid Born In Space', a cosm
