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If there really is such a thing as lounge-core, Action Plus is it. Ranging from snarly, Cramps-like guitar instrumentals to power stunt driving soundtracks to Jobim-inspired bossa, the Action Plus female vocal line-up gives up the corn and Cheez-Whiz vocals like no one since Nancy Sinatra.

This album isn't the authentic Dean-o, Ocean's 11 lounge that your parents listened to during the cocktail portion of their 60's dinner parties. This is original music by lounge slaves trapped in a highly cynical, pre-millennial urban funk, as seen in song titles like "Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo (The Car Alarm Song)" and "Pernod."

The music is good. And these cats know how to swing. Just when you want to discount Action Plus because they appear to be taking themselves too seriously, they cut loose with a chorus like "Bongos 4 Sale."

-JA, Grid Magazine


Imagine the creepy, wobbling siren of a Star Trek soprano playing Ring Around the Rosy with a rumbling baritone guitar riff; add some blazing bongo heat and al dente spaghetti western and you may be getting close. Action Plus is an original, somewhat dark take on loungy flavors inspired by the likes of Bacharach, Mancini and Morricone. If you like Theremin, it's in there.

-Silke Tudor, SF Weekly


Action Plus is a new twist on an often predictable genre. Through the collaboration of guitar wizard Joe Gore (PJ Harvey, Tom Waits) and singer/sampler/keyboardist Ursula Blind, Action Plus has attracted hipsters and gearheads alike.