Phenomenal? Well, not quite. Led by one dude called Medicine Man and another known as Witch Doctor, this coed New York combo makes lovingly detailed replicas of the kind of sweeping disco-soul productions that once made people all over the world join hands and start a love train. The PHB's sense of style is spot-on; check out the trippy? space-funk groove on ''Testimony,'' which features guest guitar work from Jaleel Bunton of TV on the Radio. But the anemic tunecraft on The Phenomenal Handclap Band is unlikely to impress fans of the O'Jays or Curtis Mayfield. B?
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