Lovely sounds from this spirited mid-80’s Mbube group. Love the whistles! Just ran across this solid synopsis by Robert Christgau:

“Anybody with a taste for mbube’s droll complexities, especially those who find Ladysmith too sweet (the pleasures some people deny themselves for tough-mindedness’s sake), will get a kick out of this alternative. Without a great voice up top, the Small Tigers emphasize quirk and interplay, cutting whistles and clicks and animal noises and nasalities through the harmonies. Sing in English, too–but sound more at home in Zulu.”

Enjoy!