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the stepkids - the stepkids - stones throw - cd

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. Intro
2. Brain Ninja
3. Suburban Dream
4. Shadows On Behalf
5. Legend In My Own Mind
6. Santos And Ken
7. La La
8. Wonderfox
9. Cup Half Full
10. Outro

Charted by

Mamiko Motto

Debut album from Connecticut psych-soul outfit The Stepkids, three singer-songwriters The Stepkids’ groove is a fusion of 70s soul, funk, punk, jazz, folk, West African rhythms and modern classical. This gifted band absorb it all, then produce, engineer and record something altogether new on a reel-to-reel. Check!

“All three of us write and all three sing,” says Jeff Gitelman, who resigned from touring as Alicia Keys' guitarist to concentrate full-time on recording The Stepkids’ album. Drummer Tim Walsh continues, “There's an equal split in the creative process. Any lyric, any melody, any idea could have been done by any of us.”

This approach comes from more than a decade of musical experimentation and experience. Raised on the East Coast jazz and the R&B circuit, individual band members went on to share stages with 50 Cent and Lauryn Hill, tour internationally with indie punk band Zox, score movies and commercials, and produce solo albums. Now it’s time for The Stepkids to take their time in the spotlight.

“With echoes of Rotary Connection, Free Design and The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band….[this is] a beautiful and timeless piece of contemporary psych-soul” DJ