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menahan street band - the crossing - daptone records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. The Crossing
2. Lights Out
3. Keep Coming Back
4. Three Faces
5. Sleight Of Hand
6. Everyday A Dream
7. Seven Is The Wind
8. Bullet For The Bagman
9. Driftwood
10. Ivory & Blue

The acclaimed Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalists in Menahan Street Band are set to release sophomore album The Crossing via Daptone / Dunham Records. The album's title track premiered on RollingStone.com 1 August. Check!

In addition to their role as the official house band for Brooklyn-based Dunham Records, Menahan Street Band has received critical praise for their oft-sampled 2008 debut album Make The Road By Walking (sampled by Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Kid Cudi, Curren$y and more) and for backing breakout soul singer Charles Bradley on his 2011 debut album No Time For Dreaming (co-written and produced by MSB co-founder and multi-instrumentalist Thomas Brenneck).

Recorded over a period of nearly two years, The Crossing is an 11-track sonic testament to the fruitful creative relationship that exists between band: Brenneck, drummer and band co-founder Homer Steinweiss, bassist Nick Movshon, trumpeter Dave Guy and tenor saxophonist Leon Michels. The five members have been playing together in one project or another since the early 2000s, when they were all members of The Dap-Kings. Antibalas keyboardist Victor Axelrod, a former Dap-King himself, played organ on two of the album's tracks, while The Budos Band's Mike Deller contributed piano.