Tank and The Bangas Perform On TONIGHT SHOW, Plus New Album GREEN BALLOON Due 5/3

Breakout New Orleans-based five-piece Tank and The Bangas performed their single, "Nice Things," on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" yesterday. Watch/share the performance here!

The song appears on the band's highly anticipated new album, Green Balloon, which is set for release on May 3 via Verve Forecast. The new music is receiving early critical praise-NPR Music says, "Green Balloon also serves as a metaphor for Tank And The Bangas' own experiential coming of age," while TIME adds, "'Nice Things,' off of their upcoming album Green Balloon, is full of their signature creativity and delight with plenty of fun to spare over a summery funk-soul beat. Lead singer Tank has an elastic, surprising voice that oozes energy, turning simple lyrics into full stories just with a twist of the syllables; perhaps it shouldn't be so unexpected, given her background as a slam poet." Fans can pre-order Green Balloon here: https://bit.ly/2KkdXt3

Green Balloon represents a musical evolution for the group who called upon producers Jack Splash, Mark Batson, Zaytoven, Louie Lastic and Robert Glasper to help capture their vision. "Green Balloon is a sister to Think Tank," says lead singer Tarriona "Tank" Ball. "Think Tank was 12, and Green Balloon is 16 and having sex. She's out there."

"It's like colors or something," says The Bangas. "Everything we're influenced by we don't have a problem putting on a record because we don't feel like we're stuck in one lane." Ball adds, "When we're creating, we are creating. We never say: that sounded too blues-y, that sounded too country, that's too hip-hop. It's just that's what this feels like, so let's push that feeling to its completion, make it feel good." Overall, the band is no longer waiting for their own green light to get going. The green light is here and Tank and The Bangas are ready to take flight.

In support of the release, the group confirms an extensive run of North American tour dates this fall. The performances include stops at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Boston Calling, Firefly Music Festival, Fortress Festival, Rhythm N' Blooms Music Festival and more. Tickets are on sale now at tankandthebangas.com. See below for complete tour dates.

Tank and the Bangas unanimously won NPR's Tiny Desk contest with "Quick," a riotous single they released in 2017, which Bob Boilen proclaimed, "This band combines R&B with hip-hop's poetry and rollercoaster storytelling, with a flair and alchemy that could only come from New Orleans."

Since 2017, the band has toured non-stop selling out venues both stateside and abroad including festival appearances at Coachella, Bonnaroo, Newport Folk Festival and more. Last year, they were included on Rolling Stone's list of the "10 Artists You Need To Know," who called them, "A secular church experience, with freewheeling improvisational chops and positive vibes" and were featured in the August print issue of Vanity Fair.

Tank and The Bangas are Ball, Norman Spence (bass), Merell Burkett (keyboards), Joshua Johnson (drums) and Albert Allenback (alto saxophone, flute).

GREEN BALLOON TRACKLIST

1. Colors Introduction
2. Spaceships
3. Dope Girl Magic
4. Ants
5. Hot Air Balloons (feat. Alex Isley)
6. Forgetfulness
7. Get Up Interlude (feat.Robert Glasper)
8. Too High Prelude
9. I Don't Get High
10. Happy Town (feat. Pell)
11. Nice Things
12. Smoke.Netflix.Chill.
13. Floating Interlude
14. Mr. Lion
15. In London Interlude (feat. Robert Glasper)
16. Lazy Daze (feat. Robert Glasper)
17. Colors Change

TANK AND THE BANGAS LIVE

April 13-Roanoke, VA-Elmwood Park Amphitheater
April 15-Indianapolis, IN-Deluxe at Old National Centre
April 17-St. Louis, MO-Delmar Hall
April 18-Lexington, KY-Manchester Music Hall
April 19-Birmingham, AL-Iron City
April 20-Nashville, TN-Cannery Ballroom
April 23-Oklahoma City, OK-Tower Theatre
April 25-San Antonio, TX-Paper Tiger
April 27-April 28-Forth Worth, TX-Fortress Festival
April 27-Shreveport, LA-Strage Brew
May 4-New Orleans, LA-New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
May 17-19-Knoxville, TN-Rhythm N' Blooms Music Festival
May 24-Boston, MA-Boston Calling
June 5-Ithaca, NY-State Theatre of Ithaca
June 7-Portland, ME-Thompson's Point
June 16-Buffalo, NY- Albright Knox Art Gallery
June 22-Dover, DE-Firefly Music Festival

photo credit: Alex Marks

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