badBadNotGood is the talented young quartet of Matthew Tavares on keys, Chester Hansen on bass, Alex Sowinski on drums & Leland Whitty on saxophone. They formed and became inseparable friends at Humber College''s Music Performance program in 2011 and have been on a critically acclaimed, rule bending musical journey ever since. BBNG took the music world by storm with their 2014 LP, III, a brash yet refined record of angular jazz improvisations, lush ballads, kraut rock, & futuristic hip-hop tinged rhythms which led to a couple years of touring the world & collaborating with some of the best and brightest artists around the globe The boys are back with the new album IV, their most impressive and highly anticipated project yet. IV continues their forward thinking progression, sounding something like a jam session in space between Can, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock''s Headhunters, Weather Report, Arthur Russell & MF DOOM. With tracks like "Time Moves Slow" featuring haunting vocals from Sam Herring of Future Islands, the syncopated groove of "Lavender," a collaboration with Montreal based producer Kaytranada, the rumbling fusion build of "Confessions Pt. II" featuring Colin Stetson on the bass sax, "Love" which is highlighted with smokey left field raps from Mick Jenkins & the epic chords of "Speaking Gently," IV is an exploration in post-genre virtuosity.
E**H
LoveLoveSoGood
Amazing musicianship, arrangements, production, songs, pieces. Love this band!
B**D
Terrific album .. very nice vinyl pressing
Great album but amazed it made it to me as some idiot at amazon decided to send it without a record shipper box...
G**N
Superb.
Easily one of the best albums I've listened to in a long time. Such originality, and an absolute joy to listen to. So many stand out tracks, it'll become one of those understated timeless albums. Just superb.
D**S
goodgoodnotcrap
Never had any time for jazz until I heard this, what an eye opener! 6music's album of the year and deservedly so. I've listened to III too but this is way better.
C**S
BadBadNotGood is very good
An amazing piece of work from the guys! One of my favourite albums
D**A
Album of 2016
Excellent album, lovely packaging.
C**D
Would definitely not recommend
Seems very cheaply made. Records barely fit in gatefold sleeve, it's way too tight, and so doesn't close well. Records aren't 180g, meaning they're thinner, lighter, less durable, and sound worse.Spindle hole is also cut way too tight, it's a struggle to remove the records, and I was worried they'd break as they're so thin.Definitely would not recommend, and I would return but it's just not worth the hassle. Just gonna cut my losses.
A**.
Amazing double vinyl
Fantastic albumJust buy
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