For more than two decades, Lettuce has brought a new vitality to classic funk, matching their smooth and soulful grooves with a hip-hop-inspired urgency and mastery of beat. Their fourth studio album Crush is out today and available for purchase via iTunes.
On Crush, drummer Adam Deitch, guitarists Adam Smirnoff and Eric Krasno, bassist Erick "Jesus" Coomes, keyboardist Neal Evans, saxophonist Ryan Zoidis, and trumpet players
Eric Bloom and Rashawn Ross deepen the band's signature sound by channeling the sonic freedom and infectious energy of their incendiary live show.
Lettuce will be performing that live show for two nights at the
PlayStation Theater in New York City on November 13 and 14 celebrating the release of Crush. A full list of their tour dates is included below as well.
The band will be in NYC again on Tuesday November 17 at the Angelika as part of the premiere for their new documentary, Let Us Play. The release, a Human Being Film written and directed by Jay Sansone and produced by Live for Live Music, follows the life of the band
Lettuce on the road and in the studio, leading up to the release of Crush. The 35-minute film merges footage from live sets, recording sessions, interviews, and candid scenes from the road. The once in a lifetime movie premiere will include a Q & A with
Lettuce and director, a digital copy of the album, and a signed limited edition movie poster. Tickets are available via Eventbrite.
Produced by
Lettuce and recorded/mixed by Joel Hamilton at Brooklyn's Studio G, Crush first came to life on the road, with the band developing new material and testing it out live as they toured. The follow-up to 2012's Fly, Crush finds
Lettuce brilliantly infusing their psychedelic and hip-hop sensibilities into bass-heavy funk. Featuring guest vocalists
Alecia Chakour and Nigel Hall, the record is an exploration of boundaries within the genre.
In recent years,
Lettuce have watched their fanbase expand as they've hit bigger and bigger stages and earned their name as a can't-miss festival act. And in making Crush, the band had no trouble harnessing the spirit of their explosive live show. So while Crush offers everything from all-out party jams to headphone-ready journeys into space funk, each track was born from an unabashed joy and love of live performance. "That energy we get when it's prime time and we're about to go onstage and we're just excited beyond belief-that all came out on this new album," says Deitch. "There's a feeling that the band is rising, and it's a really beautiful thing."
Tour Dates
11/6 at Buckhead in Atlanta, GA
11/7 at War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, TN
11/8 at Track 29 in Chattanooga, TN
11/10 ay Rex Theater in Pittsburgh, PA
11/11 at Tralf Music Hall in Buffalo, NY
11/12 at State Theatre in State College, PA
11/13 at PlayStation Theater in New York, NY
11/14 at PlayStation Theater in New York, NY
12/3-12/6 at Dominican Holidaze in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
12/31 at Riviera Theatre in Chicago, IL
1/6-1/10 at Jam Cruise in Miami, FL
1/12 at The Music Farm in Charleston, SC
1/13 at The Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA
1/14 at The National in Richmond, VA
1/15 at 9:30 Club in Washington, DC
1/16 at Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia, PA
1/17 at Infinity Music Hall in Hartford, CT
1/20 at Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington, VT
1/21 at State Theatre in Portland, ME
1/22 at House of Blues in Boston, MA
2/12-2/14 at Gem and Jam Festival in Tucson, AZ
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