''BBNG2'' is the second studio album from Canadian music group

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. It was made available on the band's website as a free download in various formats. The album is a mixture of original compositions and covers of

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(track 1), Feist (track 4),

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(track 5), James Blake (tracks 4 and 9),

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(track 10), and My Bloody Valentine (track 11). It received generally very positive reviews.

Production and release

Following their prolific first year as a band, which saw the release of the viral ''Odd Future Sessions'', an EP, two live albums, and their debut album '' BBNG'', the group self-released their sophomore album on April 3, 2012. The group made the album available for free download online. The entire album was recorded in one ten hour recording session at Revolution Recordings in Toronto, with the group making a note that "no one above the age of 21 was involved in the making of this album." The album included more original material than their first album as well as reworked versions of the previously released songs "Rotten Decay" and "Bastard/Lemonade." This album also contained two collaborative tracks, one featuring Luan Phung and the other with future band member

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Reception

This album received more mainstream coverage than any of the band's previous releases, including features in '' The Guardian's'' New Band of the Week and ''

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's'' Song of the Day. The album received positive critical reviews, with ''Prefix Mag'' calling the album a "decisive turning point" and

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of ''The Needle Drop'' celebrating the band's new sounds and strong improvisations and solos, saying that they were "doing fantastic things for jazz;" he gave the album a 9/10 review, his second-highest rated album of the year. ''BBNG2'' received far more attention from the jazz community than the band's previous releases. Some jazz critics took offense to the band's irreverence toward jazz tradition and accused them of being over-hyped relative to their experience and technical proficiency. Others went as far as to debate the band's right to play and call themselves jazz. Some commentators in the jazz scene, however, like musician Brownman Ali and critic Anthony Dean-Harris, came to the band's defense, with the latter stating, "They have all the attributes of a real cutting edge jazz band who can once again make us all rethink what this genre is capable of doing, being, becoming, and encompassing".

Track listing

Credits adapted from Bandcamp.

Personnel

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Matthew Tavares Matthew Adam Tavares (born September 15, 1990), also known as Matty, is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and music producer. He is best known as a founder of the instrumental group BADBADNOTGOOD, with whom he released five studio albums and prod ...

- keyboards *

Chester Hansen Chester Anton Mathias Hansen (born May 1, 1992) is a Canadian musician and songwriter, best known as bassist of instrumental group BADBADNOTGOOD. As a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, Hansen often works with his bandmates and producer Frank Dukes ...

- bass guitar, upright bass *

Alexander Sowinski Alexander William Sowinski (born October 11, 1991) is a Canadian musician, producer, and drummer for instrumental group BADBADNOTGOOD. With the band, he has released five studio albums and is noted for his jazz drumming musicianship. Life and c ...

- drums, sampler Other music *

- saxophone *Luan Phung - electric guitar ;Technical *Matthew Tavares - mixing, mastering *Matt MacNeil - engineer, mixing, mastering *Jack Clow - engineer ;Artwork *Connor Olthuis - photography, art design *Sam Zaret - art design

References

External links

Official websiteBADBADNOTGOOD on TumblrBADBADNOTGOOD on Bandcamp
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