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The Budos Band

VII

    Two years after releasing the 'Frontier’s Edge' EP, the Budos Band are returning with their first full-length since 2020’s 'Long in the Tooth'. Titled simply 'VII', the new album sees them doing what they do best: laying down hypnotic, horn-spiked grooves that menace and mesmerize in equal measure.

    Produced by Budos guitarist Tom Brenneck with Simon Guzmán engineering, 'VII' features 11 tightly constructed new tracks that draw on the group’s wide range of influences, sounding like only the Budos can. It’s music for getting down, for nighttime drives, and for alternate headspaces — a beguiling mix of mystery and rhythm that stands with the formidable work they’ve released in their two decades of recording. 'VII' was recorded in California and serves as the Budos Band’s first full-length album on Diamond West, the independent label founded in 2023 by Tankel and Brenneck. It’s also the group’s first album to include instrumental contributions from percussionist Rich Tarrana, who previously played in the Frightnrs. All told, it succeeds in opening up some new sonic spaces while staying tethered to the intuitive, unique musicality that made them such a sensation from the jump.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Thrice Crowned
    2. Overlander
    3. Night Raid
    4. Lair Of 1,000 Serpents
    5. Kudzu Vine
    6. Sharky’s Delight
    7. Curse Of The Ivory Fang
    8. Behind The Black Curtain
    9. Escape From Ptenoda City
    10. The Strigoi
    11. Mean Streets

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    Curyman II

      Authentic Brazilian music inspired and respected by the most legendary musicians of the genre: Seu Jorge, Arthur Verocai (who arranged strings on both Curyman albums), Arlindo Cruz (cowrote 100% Samba).

      A masterful contemporary that carries the legacy of the best of Brazilian music: past, present and future.



      TRACK LISTING

      1. Curyman
      2. 100% Samba
      3. A Lenda Do Abaeté
      4. O Topo Do Coquiero
      5. Rio De Janeiro A Janeiro
      6. A Força
      7. A Rã
      8. Old Diamond West
      9. A Revolta Dos Malês
      10. Vida Voa

      The Budos Band

      Frontier's Edge

        Frontier’s Edge is the new EP by the fiery, energetic and genre-defying group The Budos Band.

        After a two-decade run with the legendary Daptone Records, Frontier’s Edge is the first new music from the group on the new label, Diamond West Records — run by The Budos’ saxophonist Jared Tankel and guitarist Tom Brenneck.

        The Budos Band’s departure from Daptone was on good terms; the split from their long-time home base was an organic result of the band’s evolution.

        “It’s just a natural growth,” Brenneck says, admitting: “We’re going further away from the sound of Daptone and into territory they probably wanted to stay away from.”

        As a result, Frontier’s Edge finds the group hungry, passionate and primed to charge into their next epoch newfound sense autonomy within the collective. “We’re a powerhouse in the studio; we can produce ourselves,” Brenneck says proudly of a long process of self-containment. “I take the helm, but the band, they know what they want.” As expected from The Budos Band, Frontier’s Edge resists analysis; it represents the band as they are: a contained explosion. You don’t pick apart Frontier’s Edge; you feel it all at once.

        “Somehow, we wrote six songs in two days,” says The Budos’ drummer, Brian Profilio. “Tom was able to take what we were doing and put it together in a cohesive manner.”

        Whether this is your first rodeo with The Budos Band or you’ve been following them throughout their two-decade run, Frontier’s Edge contains their musical universe Afrobeat, Ethiopian music, proto-metal, any number of other streams in microcosm.

        Dime the volume and behold The Budos.

        STAFF COMMENTS

        Liam says: Tasty little EP from The Budos Band, 'Frontier's Edge' has everything you'd come to expect from these genre-wizards. A little bit of jazz, some desert psych and plenty of tasteful improvisation, this is definitely worth checking out!

        TRACK LISTING

        SIDE A
        1. Frontier’s Edge
        2. Devil Doesn’t Care
        3. KRITN
        SIDE B
        4. Crescent Blade
        5. A Passage To Ashinol
        6. Curled Steel


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