Black Pumas – Black Pumas (CD)
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Eric Burton's voice carries the kind of raw, searching quality that doesn't get manufactured in a studio, it gets earned on a highway shoulder somewhere between California and Texas. That backstory matters here, because this debut captures a band still crackling with the energy of discovery, Quesada's deep pocket grooves and Burton's gospel-inflected delivery locked into something that sounds both ancient and completely alive.
Black Pumas has announced their highly anticipated debut album set for release on June 21. The band is led by the creative partnership between Grammy Award-winning guitarist / producer Adrian Quesada and 27-year-old songwriter Eric Burton. Burton is a relative newcomer who arrived in Austin in 2015 after busking his way across the country from Los Angeles, while Quesada has a storied reputation for playing in bands like Grupo Fantasma and Brownout.
After the two connected via friends in the Austin scene, they began to collaborate on a new sound that transmutes soul into something idiosyncratically modern. Reminiscent of Ghostface Killah and Motown in equal measure, this original sound ensured that Black Pumas’ weekly residency at C-Boys quickly became “the hottest party in town” (Austin-American Statesman).
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UPC: 880882358723
Label: ATO Records
Release Date: 6.21.19
Format: CD