Drunk
“I feel weird,” repeats Stephen Bruner on “Captain Stupido”. That’s encouraging because the leftfield moments have always lent his jazz/funk/soft-rock fusions singular charm—even here when he meows through “A Fan’s Mail (Tron Song Suite II)”. By those standards, the melancholy “Walk On By”, with its pensive verse from Kendrick Lamar, and “Show You the Way”—co-starring soft-rock icons Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins—feel irresistibly straightforward, but their velvet melodies are as beguiling as Bruner’s falsetto harmonies.
The third album from bassist/songwriter Thundercat is whimsical and somber, funny and meaningful, sometimes all at once. Drunk's oddball soul confronts the challenge of just trying to live life.
Thundercat, Brainfeeder, Kendrick Lamar, Drunk, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Pharrell, funk, electronic, Flying Lotus, bass
Also Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway, Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors, and Beatrice Rana - Bach: Goldberg Variations
A stoner’s wet dream, Thundercat's third album Drunk is a true oddity that meanders along for 50-plus minutes with the narrative levity of a hallucination.
Thundercat aka Stephen Bruner releases his boldest album to date, and one that forces you to hear his own voice above all others.
'Drunk' by Thundercat, album review by Gregory Adams. The full-length comes out on February 24th via Brainfeeder. Thundercat, plays 2/22 in Denver. CO.