Black Bananas to return with first new album in a decade, Bad Bunch

Bad Brunch will be the band's first release since 2014’s Electric Brick Wall, and their first release via Fire Records. This time, Black Bananas return as a trio comprised of singer Jennifer Herrema, guitarist Brian McKinley, and bassist Kurt Midness, who first began collaborating over twenty years ago under the name RTX.

"Turkey Burgers" lands as the first taster of the band's new work, of which Herrema says, “Turkey Burgers was one of the first new songs we wrote for the album. It dates back to when we had our own studio and would regularly work on music together. Since the pandemic, we had to adjust and develop some new methods for making music. I think it’s a part of the process that has led to some interesting new sounds for us. We paired down with some new methods. We are really happy you will finally hear it when we get to share these adaptations on Bad Bunch. It’s still Black Bananas so you can hear a progression.”

The loss of the studio during the COVID-19 pandemic meant that Black Bananas had to lean into improvisation and new ways of recording. The band don't describe this as a "new direction", but rather "the current state of a system that has been in motion all along". Speaking about the process, Herrema adds, “Every time we opened the sessions was different and like the universe expanding so did the tracks and the density of the combinations. It’s really cool to revisit and expand.

"We went about constructing over periods of disconnected time—that was the work. We knew it was done when, after shaping it for so long, there was suddenly this completed fully formed record sitting in front of us......it's totally done when the magic is real"

Bad Bunch artwork

Bad Bunch tracklist

"Nutrageous & Jam"
"All The Way"
"Dust Of Ages"
"Eddie's Album"
"Cold Bussin"
"Outta My Head"
"Sherman Dealer"
"Turkey Burgers"
"Tiny Chewbacca"
"Good Pass"