BUSTY AND THE BASS SIGN TO ARTS & CRAFTS
LISTEN AND SHARE “BAGGY EYED DOPEMAN” FT. GEORGE CLINTON HERE
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR BEGINS MARCH 6
PHOTO CREDIT: Maya Fuhr // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
Today, Canadian 8-piece collective, Busty and the Bass, share their new single “Baggy Eyed Dopeman” featuring legendary founder of Parliament/Funkadelic George Clinton. Clinton blesses the track with unfettered interstellar psychedelic funkiness like only he can. Producer Neal Pogue, who has recently worked on numerous iterations of modern funk and jazz [Tyler The Creator, DRAM, KAYTRANADA, Anderson .Paak], took the band under his wing and helped draw a line from the explosive Parliament-esque chorus to the genre-bending soul and R&B of OutKast’s The Love Below (which earned Pogue a Grammy Award for his mixing and engineering). The result is a joyous, bouncy single that carries the torch of its forebears.
LISTEN AND SHARE “BAGGY EYED DOPEMAN” FT. GEORGE CLINTON HERE
“Baggy Eyed Dopeman” Single Art // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
Busty and the Bass have officially signed to indie record label, Arts & Crafts, home to Broken Social Scene, Andy Shauf, Gord Downie, Sarah Harmer, and more. In March, the octet will be touring in North America with shows in Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec City. More tour dates to be announced soon.
The octet, Nick Ferraro [vocals, alto sax], Evan Crofton a.k.a. Alistair Blu [vocals, keys, synths], Scott Bevins [trumpet], Chris Vincent [trombone], Louis Stein [guitar], Milo Johnson [bass], Eric Haynes [keys, piano], and Julian Trivers [drums]—score nostalgic lyrical ruminations with a soundscape of simmering soul, fiery funk, spirited rock, hypnotic hip-hop, and artful R&B.
The multinational band met during their first week as students in the jazz program at McGill University back in 2011. Beginning as an instrumental act, they capitalized on any and every gig they could, taking $100 for a three-hour set or exchanging tunes for wine and hors d’oeuvres at a cocktail party. They went on to drop a pair of EPs - GLAM [2015] and LIFT [2016] - before unveiling 2017’s full-length debut, Uncommon Good. In addition to packing houses on headline tours, they graced the stages of international festivals such as Made in America, Osheaga, Pinkpop, Montreal International Jazz Festival, The Great Escape, Ottawa Bluesfest, and Rifflandia, playing alongside the likes of Radiohead, Anderson .Paak, and Lana Del Rey.
TOUR DATES
Mar 6 - The Danforth Music Hall - Toronto, ON
Mar 10 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
Mar 13 - Troubadour - West Hollywood, CA
Mar 27 - Centre Phi - Montreal, QC
Mar 28 - Centre Phi - Montreal, QC
April 3 - Imperial Bell - Quebec City, QC
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