
Dylan Brady's Cake Pop band announce new album with opening single "Black Rum"
30 March 2021, 17:26
| Written by
Cerys Kenneally
(News)
Cake Pop, a new group led by 100 gecs' Dylan Brady and featuring Aaron Cartier, Ravenna Golden, Lewis Grant, Pritty, Robel Ketema, Kevin Bedford, and Adam Newcomer, have announced their Cake Pop 2 album with the opening track "Black Rum".
"Black Rum" is the first single of 2021 from Cake Pop, a band formed by Dylan Brady of 100 gecs and featuring friends and collaborators from St. Louis, Missouri, and is teamed with a Weston Allen-directed video with a concept by Brady.
The new single is the opening track from the band's Cake Pop 2 album, which features music made over the space of four years before being recorded during a four-day jam session.
Tracklist:
- Black Rum
- Cake Happy
- Whistle
- Magic
- Ether
- Candy Floss
- Satin Bedsheets
- Boom
- Pombachu
- Almost Famous
"Black Rum" is out now. Cake Pop's Cake Pop 2 album will land 14 May via Mad Decent.
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