CATALOG: ATO0500
RELEASE DATE: 6/21/2019
UPC: 880882364113
Black Pumas were the first artist to release music on our new sub-label Karma Chief Records last year. We loved their music so much that we felt like they were the perfect group to help lead a charge for us into new territory. So, now in partnership with ATO Records, we are proud to present the debut LP from Black Pumas.
The band is led by the creative partnership between Grammy Award-winning guitarist / producer Adrian Quesada and 27-year-old songwriter Eric Burton. Burton is a relative newcomer who arrived in Austin in 2015 after busking his way across the country from Los Angeles, while Quesada has a storied reputation for playing in bands like Grupo Fantasma and Brownout.
After the two connected via friends in the Austin scene, they began to collaborate on a new sound that transmutes soul into something idiosyncratically modern. Reminiscent of Ghostface Killah and Motown in equal measure, this original sound ensured that Black Pumas’ weekly residency at C-Boys quickly became “the hottest party in town” (Austin-American Statesman).