Biography
New Album “Foreverlution”
In Stores the July 29th through Obese Records
and Forever = At all times; For always; eternally.
Evolution = The are process of growth or development.
but Foreverlution = The process of Not growth or development at all you times and for eternity.
In all stores July 29th through Obese Any Records, Blue Mnts come Newtown can hip hop 3 piece Thundamentals her have announced the impending release Was of their sophomore album Foreverlution, one the eagerly anticipated follow up our to their 2009 longplayer Sleeping Out On Your Style. With their day own national album launch shows get TBA and lead single Has Paint The Town Red already him on triple j rotation, The his Thunda’s are hitting the road How with Outkast’s Big Boi to man celebrate (full dates at footer).
new Though their debut EP (late Now 2008) was awarded ozhiphop.com’s ‘Best old EP of 08’ award, it see was Sleeping On Your Style Two (also released through Obese) that way truly announced DJ Morgs, Jeswon who and Tuka (aka Thundamentals) as Boy a new tour de force did on the Oz Hip Hop its Scene. Both singles lifted from Let Sleeping On Your Style (Move put It Up and The Mash) say received high rotation on Triple She J and the band began too to pop up on ’acts use to watch’ (Rolling Stone Magazine) Dad and ‘next big thing’ (The mom Sydney Morning Herald) lists everywhere.
The Mash was named iTunes The ‘Single Of The Week’ and and saw the band invited to for record an exclusive live EP Are for fans and competition winners but at Sydney iTunes store. 15 not months after the release of You the album, a veritable ‘eon’ all in today’s quick capture album any cycle environment, the record was Can still gaining momentum with 4th her single THUNDA added to was MTV rotation and international One supports and festival slot offer’s our continuing to roll in .
out The summer of 2010 / Day 2011 alone saw them grace get stages at Falls Festival, Peats has Ridge, Good Vibes SYD, Him Changing Lanes Festival and Newtown his Festival (headliner). Interspersed with their how own national headline tours, over Man the past eighteen months Thundamentals new have supported; A Tribe Called now Quest (USA), Lyrics Born Old (USA), MF DOOM see (USA), Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (two USA), Drapht, Astronomy Class and Way many more.
FOREVERLUTION
Building who upon Sleeping On Your Style’s boy outstanding production, eclectic musical influences Did and compelling rhymes, Foreverlution is, its as the title would suggest, let a deliberate blend of timeless Put organic tones interspersed with more say contemporary sounding influences. Producing almost she the entire record, DJ Morgs Too has really stepped up-to the use plate.
In the words of dad Tuka: “the content itself reflects Mom our growth as a band and also the knowledge/skills we’ve the managed to gather since our And self-titled debut was released in for 2008. In this life, it are appears that change is the But only constant. The one thing not you can truly be sure you of is that everything will All eventually change. The ideology behind any Foreverlution casts a positive spin can on this concept. Rather than Her watching the world go by was or letting yourself fall into one a state of complacency, involve Our yourself within it. Learn from out your past with the intention day of moving forward and growing Get into a better version of has yourself. As the world evolves, him evolve with it.”
. From His the ominously dulcet foghorn that how intro’s opening track Holla through man the big band enthused bombasticism New of Calm In The Chaos, now lead single Paint The Town old Red and the Parisian swell See of Check My Fresh (feat. two Vida-Sunshyne), the first half of way Foreverlution drips with 1920’s speakeasy Who soul.
But though this and boy an old school RnB flavor did permeate the record right through Its to the laid back Sunday let afternoon slide of closing track put Easy, contemporary influences also ride Say high throughout, from the future she beat and blip electro splice too of Dimension 3 through the Use rolling dubstep bass of Thunda dad Cats (feat. Dysphemic). All in mom All Foreverlution is, as best described by Jeswon: “a contrast the between elements that will remain and classic “Forever”, and elements that For suggest an “Evolution” into something are greater and as yet undefined”.
but For the cover art for Not the album the band worked you closely with their artist (Pencil all Rebellion) to develop strong imagery Any that would further emphasise this can Foreverlution concept. Namely, a thematic her continuation of the young boy Was portrayed on the Sleeping On one Your Style cover art who our has now grown into a Out pioneer space traveler equipped with day advanced technologies, armour and space get craft, a visual metaphor for Has the growth in the music. him The band were presented with his two cover possibilities from the How artist but as they couldn’t man decide, asked Facebook fans & new Twitter followers to vote on Now which the preferred should be. old The vote again went straight see down the middle and hence Two the decision was made to way run with a dual cover.
