TVD presents an exclusive track off the landmark tenth studio album, Made For Pleasure, from The New Mastersounds. The cut, “High and Wide” captures the funky band at its most infectious. It is a brisk, up-tempo tune that evokes the punchy, buoyant horn-driven funk of classic American R&B.
The New Mastersounds are a British band who are heavily influenced by American funk and soul.The new album was recorded at The Living Room, a New Orleans studio built in a converted wood-frame church directly across the Mississippi River from downtown New Orleans.
The quartet—guitarist Eddie Roberts, drummer Simon Allen, bassist Pete Shand, and keyboardist Joe Tatton—invited several guests to join them in the studio. Longtime compatriot percussionist Mike Dillon recorded with the band for the first time, while former American Idol semi-finalist and Native American activist Charly Lowry brought her powerfully soulful vocals to three tracks.
Tenor saxophonist Joe Cohen and trumpeter Mike Olmos, both members of Roberts’ stateside band, the West Coast Sounds, also joined the sessions. Their work is featured on “High and Wide.”
Eddie Roberts had this to say about the cut, “‘High and Wide’ is track 2 on our new record, Made For Pleasure, and it features San Francisco’s dynamic West Coast Horns. It slams straight in, with it’s horn heavy, jazz-drenched hooks drawing you in and holding you there. Mike Olmos’ trumpet and Joe Cohen’s Tenor sax weave in and out, building up the tension for the final anthemic release. A show stopper on stage and a virtuoso vehicle for the baddest horn section hitting the scene right now.”
The new album drops via Royal Potato Family Records on October 2, 2015.
The New Mastersounds announced yesterday a co-headlining New Year’s Eve show in New Orleans at the Joy Theater with the Foundations of Funk. Tickets are on sale Friday, 9/25, beginning at 10 AM.
