The pioneering funk-rock renegades, the Funkeestas, are back with their dynamite new single “Unveil,” which captivates and never fails to let go. Famed for elastic genre-hopping and playfulness with expectations, the band sounds all in on swimming into uncharted territory where paranoiac doom mingles with heavy funk grooves, psychedelic textures, and apocalyptic storytelling to create something that feels both impossibly urgent and otherworldly.
“Unveil” is loaded with tension and texture. The guitars snarl, the rhythm section stampeding with precision, while the vocals cut through like a voice from some other realm, half prophecy, half fever dream. There’s a striking sweep to the track, a feeling of plummeting and discovery more than a proper song, an expedition into the band’s darker psyche.
This one comes on the heels of their two previous offerings, “Funkery of the Warlocks” and “Gremlins of Funk,” to round out Funkeestas’ self-described “cosmic-funk trilogy.” However, "Unveil" stands alone as a moody, story-based masterpiece that embodies the essence of the group's creative progression. It’s funk, yes, but it is funk reimagined within a reality that combines rock, grit, and imagination, where groove serves as storytelling and rhythm unfolds as revelation.
With “Unveil,” Funkeestas have widened their universe and demonstrated that funk can be as touching as it is danceable, as internal as external. It’s the kind of song that needs to be listened to more than once, not because it’s overly complex, but because it haunts you, forcing you to think about what comes next upon each repeated listen.