Sleigh Bells have introduced a brand new album, the ridiculously titled Bunky Becky Birthday Boy, which drops on April 4 by way of Mother + Pop. The follow-up to 2021’s Texis contains the beforehand launched observe ‘Wanna Begin a Band?’, in addition to the brand new single ‘Bunky Pop’, which is a jubilant, goofy-as-hell bop. It arrives with an accompanying video directed by Alex Ross Perry and starring Dylan Gelula. Test it out beneath, and scroll down for the album cowl and tracklist.
“‘Bunky Becky’ was a nickname for Alexis’ canine Riz, who handed away in December 2023,” producer/guitarist Derek Miller defined in a press release. “When she handed away, Alexis and I had been speaking about writing an anthem for her. After which Alexis’ son Wilder was born, and he’s the birthday boy. Regardless that the title sounds slightly ridiculous – and it’s completely okay to giggle at it — with slightly little bit of context, it’s truly life and demise. We misplaced any individual that we love, and we gained any individual that we love.”
“We wished the observe to sound like a canine having the most effective second of her life with none of the burden of self consciousness,” Miller added of the opener. “‘Bunky Pop’ knowledgeable the complete document, and Bunky Becky form of turned a personality woven into each tune. We wished to provide her a good friend, Roxette Ric, so we might play with slightly little bit of autobiography and fiction as properly.”
Bunky Becky Birthday Boy Cowl Art work:
Bunky Becky Birthday Boy Tracklist:
1. Bunky Pop
2. Wanna Begin A Band?
3. Life Was Actual
4. Roxette Ric
5. This Summer time
6. Can I Scream
7. Badly
8. Blasted Shadow
9. Actual Particular Cool Factor
10. Hello Sometime
11. Pulse Drips Quiet
