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Today, Busty and the Bass release new single “Lucky (Song 7)” alongside the announcement of ‘The Mannequin Tour’, a 13 date run of Canadian headline performances that begins February 7 in Kingston, ON and concludes March 8 in Victoria, BC.
With 2023's JUNO Award nominated LP Forever Never Cares, acting as a bridge between two eras of the Montreal soul-jazz ensemble, the band enters their next phase energized by the new voice of Philly-born vocalist Jordan Brown combined with founding member Alistair Blu and a new sonic palette lifting their singular sound. "Lucky (Song 7)” is an upbeat alt R&B track about "letting go of regret, picking yourself up, and reframing hardship with a more hopeful outlook." Like if Tame Impala's Kevin Parker produced an album for Earth, Wind, and Fire.
“‘Lucky (Song 7)’ is about positive reinforcement and self-affirmation,” shares the band. “The song is about letting go of regret, picking yourself up, and reframing hardship with a more hopeful outlook. It acts as words of advice towards self-help and offers a bit of witful humour for bad days: “Just another lucky day”. The track is ultimately about allowing love and positivity to overcome the cloudiness of doubt, stress, and avoidance.” Love is always on your mind and / Lucky days are hard to find.
The new song also arrives with a music video directed by Guillaume Landry.
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Busty and the Bass recently released the Deluxe Version of Forever Never Cares, indulging further into Busty and the Bass' expansive creative journey and genre exploration. With alternate versions, demos, and unreleased tracks, the deluxe album showcases their evolving sound.
“Forever Never Cares was forged in a deep desire to grow as a band and to have our music represent our values and influences on a deeper level than ever before,” says Chris Vincent.
The Mannequin Tour will see the band take to the road for a 13 date headline Canadian tour beginning February 7, 2025. All dates are listed below and tickets can be found HERE.
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MORE ABOUT BUSTY AND THE BASS
For the Canadian-American soul-jazz collective Busty and the Bass, collaboration has always been at the forefront of their music. Formed at McGill University in Montreal over a decade ago, the group is now scattered across four North American cities from coast to coast. Yet, with a collaborative spirit at the heart of their JUNO Award nominated third studio album, Forever Never Cares, the members have never been more connected.
Over the years, the group has collaborated with legendary artists George Clinton, Macy Gray, Earth Wind & Fire, Slum Village, and exciting new voices like Polaris Music Prize winners Cadence Weapon and Pierre Kwenders. Most recently, the group dropped a mini-album with Philadelphia poet and rapper STS. Despite such a strong history of partnerships, Forever Never Cares reshaped the band’s creative formula and redefined how they worked together a decade into their career.
After a founding member and primary songwriter left the band in 2022, the collective used the opportunity to re-approach their creative process for the first time in years. Songs would be brought to the group from individual members or smaller formations of two or three members writing together. Interestingly, more voices involved in the songwriting resulted in the group’s most refined output to date.
Two previous studio albums, Uncommon Good (2017) and Eddie (2020), saw the band experiment with genres effortlessly changing styles song to song, from soul to funk to pop.
Forever Never Cares finds the collective both broadening and distilling their influences into a unified sound that is entirely their own. This is due in large part to founding member Christopher Vincent who engineered and mixed the album. Vincent found a sonic language that would compliment all of the disparate genres being stacked atop one another.
With soul and R&B as the album’s cornerstone, the record is sprinkled with cross-genre explorations. From the indie rock-inflected uptempo singles “All The Things I Couldn’t Say To You” and “Wandering Lies,” to slow-burn ballads like “Give Me A Smile” and “Never Get Enough,” to the celebratory pop-funk of “Starstruck” and “No Angels,” a touch of 70s singer-songwriter on “Smoke and the Pine” and “Holiday Drive,” and the psychedelic jazz explorations of “Far From Here” and “No Self Control” featuring saxophonist Terrace Martin, a frequent collaborator of Kamasi Washington and Robert Glasper.
THE MANNEQUIN TOUR DATES
Fri Feb 7: Kingston, ON / The Broom Factory
Sat Feb 8: Ottawa, ON / Bronson Centre
Wed Feb 12: St. Catharines, ON / The Warehouse
Thu Feb 13: Hamilton, ON / Bridgeworks
Fri Feb 14: London, ON / Rum Runners Music Hall
Sat Feb 15: Toronto, ON / The Great Hall
Fri Feb 28: Saskatoon, SK / Louis'
Sat Mar 1: Edmonton, AB / The Starlite Room
Sun Mar 2: Calgary, AB / Commonwealth Bar & Stage
Mon Mar 3: Red Deer, AB / Bo's Bar & Grill
Wed Mar 5: Kelowna, BC / Revelry Food+Music Hub
Fri Mar 7: Vancouver, BC / The Pearl
Sat Mar 8: Victoria, BC / Capital Ballroom
