“In the four years since Stephen Bruner (aka Thundercat), released his last long-player, Apocalypse, he's become an in-demand session bass player, guesting on over a dozen albums including already-classics such as Flying Lotus's You're Dead!, Kamasi Washington's The Epic and Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly. On his latest album, Drunk, Bruner has expertly used these hustling years to grow his e”
“The third album from bassist/songwriter Thundercat is whimsical and somber, funny and meaningful, sometimes all at once. Drunk's oddball soul confronts the challenge of just trying to live life.”
“Thundercat's Drunk is imperfect, messy, long, and astonishing”
“Thundercat, aka Stephen Bruner, has crafted three impeccable albums that fuse jazz, funk, fizzing electronics and cosmic soul vocals – but up until this point, he’s been known for his bass playing on a myriad of other projects rather than for his own work. This is understandable in part; he’s a stunning musician, whose spent years crafting a unique style that’s fluid and biting simultaneously. On ”
“Thundercat was never going to exist in the background for long. His father drummed for both The Temptations and Diana Ross, and when Stephen Bruner started on his own path as a session bass player in LA he was hard to ignore, wearing a helmet and colourful shoulder pads to perform with the likes of Suicidal Tendencies and Erykah Badu. His vibrant wardrobe, dark humour and love of obscure South Kor”
“Though Drunk brings a heaping helping of Thundercat's spectacular bass playing and sense of humor, the album is also rife with filler and underwritten jazz motifs.”
