Austin-based genre-bending trio Trouble in The Streets is releasing their first full-length album, Satisfy Saturn, on April 14th via nonprofit label Spaceflight Records. The album will be available on limited edition vinyl through Try Hard Coffee’s specialty subscription service, alongside Austin releases from Jackie Venson, Die Spitz, and Kalu and the Electric Joint.
Satisfy Saturn is an 11-track exploratory concept album, offering themes of hope in uncertain times (“Get High”), while also drawing influence from Black Lives Matter (“Can I Breathe”) and pandemic-era social uprising (“We’re All Screwed”). Frontwoman Nnedi Agbaroji connects with her African heritage (“Mother’s Tongue”) and emotional vulnerabilities as a POC in the music industry (“Scar Tissue”).
Trouble In The Streets is composed of vocalist/lyricist/keyboardist/bassist, Nnedi “Nebula” Agbaroji, producer/keyboardist/bassist/Ableton wizard Andy Leonard, and powerhouse drummer Kenny Schwartz. Everything about the group is designed to defy expectation. During a time of conformity, they’ve dispensed with genre limitations and crafted a style and sound all their own – one that draws from hip-hop, electronica, synth-wave, drum and bass, dream pop, neo-soul, rock and everything in between.
At their explosive concerts, the line between audience and band is blurred by the approachability of the musicians and the enthusiasm of their listeners. Nnedi’s lyrics are frequently confrontational and uncompromising, but they are hopeful, too; an invitation to other outsiders to join the rebellion. Putting together novel combinations of sounds, taking left turns, astonishing fans with the intensity of their performances – that’s what the sonic agitators in Trouble In The Streets do.
Today Glide is offering an exclusive premiere of “Mother’s Tongue,” an intensely gripping track that combines the group’s electro-funk sound with Nnedi’s poignant lyrics and powerfully soulful vocals. Though the band draws influences from dance music, Nnedi also incorporates sounds that draw from her African heritage to make for a compelling and danceable work of worldly pop. The video features the frontwoman donning an array of colorful outfits that allude to the lyrics and provide a visually stimulating compliment to the music.
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