Black Pumas – Black Pumas (LP Vinyl)
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Adrian Quesada spent years deep in Austin's Latin funk underground with Grupo Fantasma and Brownout before linking up with Eric Burton, a street-trained vocalist whose raw charisma had been road-tested on sidewalks from California to Texas. That combination of studio craft and lived-in soul energy is exactly what you hear on these recordings, and why this debut landed a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year straight out of the gate.
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).
Tracklist
Side A
Side B
UPC: 880882358716
Label: ATO Records
Release Date: 6.21.19
Format: LP Vinyl