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420 Releases Debut Album Funkrawk
Mix of Funk, hip hop and hard Rock defines new fusion sound for Kalistan
High Bong, Neveras
April, 20, 5051


Funkrawk brings a sound that aims at nothing short of unification of the Scenes of Kalistan

Neveras recording artists and local scene fan favorites 420 have released their debut album, Funkrawk on LCR. The song, a 13 song tour de force fusion album covers several genres of music, often in the same song. The primary genres for this bending stoner album are hard rock and rap, infused regularly with funk reggae, ska, and even lounge on occasion.

"We're primarily a hard rock band," said bassist Doggo, "but you know, its kinda hard to tie down just what even is Kalistani music and I think like when you're out like staring at stars at night while eating mushrooms and you start to think, man I wonder like how much energy there is by just a breeze of wind of a bolt of lightning, and you start to feel like this tangible electrical connection with all the plants and animals all around you. And then I started thinking, like, how hard would it be to harness that energy? Like nobody would ever owe a cent for electricity ever again, if we could just harness the static energy in a single gust of wind." Ever incomprehensible but oddly to the point, the band's music is indeed very energetic.

Nicholas Ross was more succinct, "What we're trying to do is unite the scenes. Unity is the key to all 420 songs. If we aren't singing about unity, we're singing about the sh-t that happens when we aren't united. That and we throw some lyrics in for the ladies, you know. If we don't have ladies at the show, what is even the point?"

Due to heavy advanced promotion and a killer hard rock/rap debut single, a live version of the album cut "Indo" recorded live at their New Year's show from 5050 Funkrawk debuted at number 5 on the Kalistani Modern Rock Albums Charts, and presold more than 450,000 copies making it LCR's biggest record to date. Limited international availability might slow the record's ultimate sales, as LCR doesn't have international distribution chains set up the way the more established labels do. But domestically, it seems that the labels' attempts to appeal to the broadest fan base possible early on through eclectic bands like 420, who appeal to anyone in Kalistan who smokes Dah Gold at least once a week, or pop punks The Progeny, seals its place in the Kalistani Record Industry for a long time. Whether the upstarts can cut into the main alternative label ARC, or the big dinosaur KMI's market share.

420's Debut album Funkrawk is now out in both terrestrial and online record sellers, and is available for streaming on the internet.

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