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There’s a New Day Coming b/w Tommy Don’t

GuerssenAdmin — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 23:00:00 +0000

Originally recorded as a single backing track for Charles Bradley, the tune was ultimately shelved (like many other tracks) after Charles’ passing. After some time had gone by the reel made its way back onto the tape machine and producer Tommy TNT Brenneck had a eureka moment. He split the track into two sides and wrote some lyrics for the slower portion as a tribute to CB, which became “There’s a New Day Coming”. He loved the juxtaposition of having the slower, heavy tribute on side A, and the upbeat, lighter track on the flip. When singers, Saundra Williams (Saun & Starr) & Alecia Chakour showed up for the session TNT played them what was to become “Tommy Don’t”. While it was playing Saun said “You know why I like working with you, Tommy? Cause you don’t overthink shit”. And with that Saun started singing “Tommy don’t overthink shit.” Brenneck started cracking up and said, “We HAVE to record that.”. And with that…Voila!…a brand spanking new 45 from the kings of instrumental soul, Menahan Street Band.

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Midnight Morning b/w Stepping Through Shadow

GuerssenAdmin — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 23:00:00 +0000

Menahan Street Band, a veritable supergroup of some of today’s most prolific songwriters, arrangers, and producers return with this beat-forward, cinematic masterpiece. If you have spent any time hanging out in bars, cafes, or casually tuning into NPR in the last 10 years you should be well versed in MSB’s catalog. Their unique brand of instrumental soul has not only been the foundation for some of modern hip-hop’s most successful beats, it has also become the perennial soundtrack and veritable vibe-generator for countless parties, art shows, and restaurants throughout NYC and abroad. While this album carries the aesthetic torch that MSB has skillfully woven into the tapestry of their DNA, it also delves deeper into the experimental, exotic sounds that fill many of the coveted Sound Library and Soundtrack LPs of the late sixties and early seventies – an amalgamation of moog synths, electric pianos, drum machines, and a bevy of analog instrumentation, that ebb and flow in lush swells of Morriconian grandeur.

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The Duke b/w Stepping Through Shadow

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The Stranger b/w Black Velvet

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Menahan Street Band is back! This time with Los Yesterdays front man, Victor Benavides. “Black Velvet” the moody, atmospheric instrumental ballad on the flip garnered the attention of Victor and his long-time collaborator/WC soul luminary, Mike Noriega, inspiring the pair to craft “The Stranger” – a pleading tale of anguish and heartbreak, elevating the track to vertiginous soulful heights. Between Mike’s pen, Victor’s voice and MSB’s otherworldly ability to craft instrumental bangers, you got yourself another playbox sureshot.

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