THUNDERCAT

On his eagerly awaited second album, ‘Apocalypse,’ Thundercat pairs up with executive producer Flying Lotus and brings a fusion of pop, soul, electronica, prog rock and funk into an unexplored dimension.

Forever a wildcat and wild card, Los Angeles’ bassist/songwriter/vocalist Stephen Bruner, aka Thundercat, is impossible to tame artistically. A true master of his craft, he can be found playing bass with Flying Lotus, Erykah Badu and Suicidal Tendencies, in the same breath as performing live with the likes of Stanley Clarke, Snoop Dogg or the Red Hot Chili Peppers. His 2011 solo debut (‘The Golden Age of Apocalypse,’ co-produced by Flying Lotus) created an equally genre-blurring enigma of indie rock and jazz, with a touch of electronica.

His second album, ‘Apocalypse,’ reveals the simple truths of the cycle of life, for all its beauty and destruction. An album about loss and rebuilding, trying to gain something back, and capturing that moment of clarity where one finally finds feet back on the ground again, the album slowly descends and tunnels to the core of what it takes to grasp peace, at a time that it seems most far.