Canadian ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD return to release a new single ‘Take What’s Given,’ featuring emerging Houston vocalist reggie; out now digitally on XL Recordings with a limited edition 7”available for pre-rder here. Recorded in Los Angeles at Valentine Studios, across multiple sessions in 2023, ‘Take What’s Given’ is a country inspired track that radiates at the point in which reggie’s soulful vocal performance and BADBADNOTGOOD’s funk inspired, horn-tinged arrangements intersect. Listen to ‘Take What’s Given’ here.
Since the release of their late-2021 acclaimed album Talk Memory, BADBADNOTGOOD has been steady at work on various collaborations and touring the global festival circuit. The alt-jazz ensemble also received their fifth GRAMMY nomination, this time for Best Remixed Recording for their remix of Turnstile’s ‘Alien Love Call,’ taken from the New Heart Designs EP. This latest release from BADBADNOTGOOD follows a string of one-off singles with collaborators including Charlotte Day Wilson on ‘Sleeper,’ 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, Westside Gunn plus Conway The Machine on ‘MiNtcHoCoLaTe’ and Jonah Yanoon ‘the ordinary is ordinary because it ordinarily repeats.’
Further BADBADNOTGOOD contributed to Daniel Caesar’s 2023 album Never Enough and worked with rising artist Elmieneonaned it of his single ‘Marking My Time.’ BADBADNOTGOOD are se to return to the livestage in 2024, having already confirmed appearances at Cross The Tracks Festival(London), Primavera Sound(Barcelona), Bonnaroo(U.S.A.) and aheadline performance at Istanbul’s Zorlu Performing Arts Center. They are also back at work in the studio on more BADBADNOTGOOD music, stay tuned for more this year.
ABOUT BADBADNOTGOOD:
Canadian ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD made their name by crossing genre. This seamless movement between style hit hard when they took hiphop into jazz and vice versa. The band formed in 2010, moving between three and four members before establishing its current lineup in 2015. The band, aka Alexander Sowinski (drums), Chester Hansen (bass) and Leland Whitty (guitar and woodwinds), met on the Humber College jazz program in Toronto. At the time, instead of working with traditional jazz standards, the group sidestepped and drew from hip hop and other contemporary genres to create a unique sound. They developed their instrumentation across two self-titled albums, the 2014 ‘III’ and critically acclaimed 2016 album ‘IV’. Outside of the own project, BADBADNOTGOOD have collaborated with a global-roster of artists across hip-hop, dance, and neo-soul including GhostfaceKillah, Kaytranada, LittleDragon, and Kendrick Lamar. In 2021 they debuted on XL Recordings with their fifth studio album, Talk Memory. Inspired by their live performances, Talk Memory was released to critical acclaim and included contributions from a breadth of multi-instrumentalists including Arthur Verocai, Laraaji, Terrace Martin, Brandee Younger, and Karriem Riggins, with the album mix coming from Russell Elevado
Streaming Now:
Badbadnotgood ‘Take What’s Given’
Limited Edition 7″ Single tracklist:
- Badbadnotgood ‘Take What’s Given’
- Badbadnotgood ‘Take What’s Given’ (Instrumental)
