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Black Pumas' 'Colors' Is Right up Our Alley in Terms of the Sonics... It's ABOUt black pumas “...for our times. Singer Eric Burton delivers a message of love and acceptance we all need right now” NPR MUSIC COLORS It’s good day to be, a good day for me, a good day to see my favorite colors My sisters and my brothers, they see them like no other All my favorite colors Frontman/vocalist and songwriter Eric Burton and guitarist/producer Adrian Quesada met after a mutual friend turned Quesada onto “’Colors’ was written while the sun was going Burton’s impressive busking efforts in downtown Austin. down on a rooftop in New Mexico. The song is a message of togetherness but there’s awareness Quesada, a GRAMMY winner for Best Latin Rock Album as guitarist, of mortality mixed in amongst.” produced their debut album in his home studio and Burton developed ERIC BURTON his dark imagery, haunting vocals and surrealist lyrical bent as together they crafted timeless melodies. “We just take to the same kind of music,” Burton says of his relationship with Quesada, “we were on the same wavelength from the get go”. 62ND GRAMMY AWARDS NOMINEE BEST NEW ARTIST 2020 Americana Honors & Awards Nominee Duo/Group & Emerging Act of the Year | 2020 Triple A Radio Nominee Album of the Year & New Artist of the Year | 2020 Libera Award Breakthrough Artist Of The Year | 2019 Austin Music Awards WINNER! Best New Band | 2020 Austin Music Awards 2x WINNER! “Sounds like a record that The Black Keys would do with Marvin Gaye.” NPR MUSIC “Never missing a beat is the tireless, charismatic energy of singer Eric Burton.” ROLLING STONE “downright musical” IGGY POP “The breakout band of 2019” NPR, HERE & NOW “The duo’s flair for drama is so stirring, they can seem acutely cinematic...” PITCHFORK “Wu-Tang Clan meets James Brown radiates soul at a wattage that may not be exactly street legal.” KCRW “Music that draws fresh inspiration from folk, hip-hop, and psychedelic music.” PIGEONS & PLANES “I love them... They didn’t win a Grammy this year but they will someday.” ELTON JOHN “Staggering...the world does indeed need Black Pumas and their message right now.” MOJO “Black Pumas are the answer to the exciting question of what it would sound like if Sam Cooke or Neil Young joined the Wu-Tang Clan.” THE GUARDIAN, ONES TO WATCH HIGHLIGHTS “FIRE” TOP 5 @ TRIPLE A “COLORS” TOP 30 @ HOT AC, #1 @TRIPLE A, @SIRIUS’ THE PULSE THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW THE TODAY SHOW Image? NBC’S THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW TBS’ FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE NPR TINY DESK SONG EXPLODER BROKEN RECORD PODCAST GRAMMY MUSEUM PERFORMANCE PBS’ AUSTIN CITY LIMITS (INCLUDING THEME) 2021 FESTIVALS RESCHEDULE COACHELLA LOLLAPALOOZA NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL OUTSIDE LANDS ELECTRIC FOREST LATITUDE ICELAND AIRWAVES BEST INDEPENDENT VIDEO NOMINEE IN ASSOCIATION WITH VEVO colors “Black Pumas’ ‘Colors’ is right up our alley in terms of the sonics... it’s such a beautiful song in celebrating our people...” ALI SHAHEED (A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, ON KCRW) 62 million total streams, 600K Shazams #1 @ Triple A Radio, Top 30 Hot AC Live version 27M+ views YouTube Track in Top 100 Global Shazam Chart & Top 75 US Shazam Chart Various syncs incl HBO’s Run, Netflix’ Grace & Frankie, CBS’s All Rise and more DIRECTED BY KRISTIAN MERCADO BLACK PUMAS BLACK PUMAS DISC 1 DISC 2 BLACK MOON RISING FAST CAR COLORS I’M READY KNOW YOU BETTER RED ROVER FIRE BLACK CAT OCT 33 POLITICIANS IN MY EYES STAY GOLD COLORS (LIVE IN STUDIO) OLD MAN OCT 33 (LIVE IN STUDIO) CONFINES CONFINES (LIVE IN STUDIO) TOUCH THE SKY KNOW YOU BETTER (LIVE AT SWEET CONVERSATIONS C-BOYS) ELEANOR RIGBY AIN’T NO LOVE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY BLACK PUMAS THEBLACKPUMAS.COM .
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