Basic - This Is Basic - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2021 from the multi-award winning boy band's first body of work to be released in over eight years. The album features an all-star array of musical heavyweights with Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, TMS and Lost Boy all credited. Written, recorded and produced entirely in lockdown, as well as 2.0 marking a new musical chapter and sound for the band, the record also makes nod to their beginnings as Steve Mac who produced their number one debut single 'Beat Again' teamed up with Ed Sheeran especially to write 'Eternal Love', the first single from the new album. Speaking on the new album, JLS said Being back after so long has made us appreciate just how much we've missed singing and performing together. 2.0 is a continuation of the feel good energy we've always been about. Music is and always will be in our DNA, the chemistry we have as a band is unique and we're looking forward to our new chapter - 2.0. It feels good to be back.

Basic - the trio of Chris Forysth (guitar), Mikel Patrick Avery (percussion, drum machine, electronics), and Douglas McCombs (Fender Bass VI) - produced their new 7-track album over two days at Electrical Audio studios in Chicago, finishing overdubs and mixing with Jeff Zeigler in Philadelphia. The recordings are groove-driven, but light and loose with songs sounding much bigger than a trio. Ample detail is provided by the interlocking guitars and Avery's unique combination of electronic beats and acoustic percussion that he treats and manipulates live with various self-built electronic processors.Shortly after the of their debut (This Is Basic, 2024) bassist McCombs (Tortoise, Brokeback) joined the group, and along with Philly-based core members Forsyth (Solar Motel Band) and Avery, (Natural Information Society), toured the record up and down the West Coast and throughout the Northeast and Midwest US making stops at taste making festivals like Sound & Gravity and Big Ears. The chemistry between the three resulted in the development of new material almost immediately, and the InchDream CityInch EP was released in the spring of 2025.

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