Buddy Peace “Late Model Sedan” available now!
Strange Famous Records’ secret weapon Buddy Peace takes you on a sonic odyssey with his official debut digital release Late Model Sedan!
Available on all digital sites or at SFRstore.com!
Journey along a highway littered with electronic hip-hop, fractured
spoken word, hypnotic drones, and ferocious straight up beat
programming, finished off with the type of fine American sparkle that
only a UK production whiz could provide. Late Model Sedan
is a mesmerizing when the needle hits 100 as it is while sitting
proudly in the driveway, the rare instrumental epic that demands your
attention from start to finish.
“Ample Champ”, the first single from Late Model Sedan, is available for FREE DOWNLOAD as the Clip of the Week on SFRstore.com now!
Full Tracklist :
1. ‘Buddy, You Look Sick…’
2. ‘Datsun Gauze’
3. ‘Hawkstring Corpse (Gooder Grief)’
4. ‘Auburn Pelog Error’
5. ‘Arcade Murderflash’
6. ‘Rcdmrdrflsh’
7. ‘Golden Block District’
8. ‘Shortlands Road Suite’
A. ‘Cherry Tree Recorder’
B. ‘76, 79, 80’
C. ‘Drama School 371’
9. ‘Court Order Blue’
A. ‘Chrome Porch Script’
B. ‘Teleprompter Blaze’
10. ‘Austin Funeral Stress Tapes’
11. ‘Ample Champ’
12. ‘Human Cadillac’
13. ‘Steam Dashboard Intermission’
14. ‘I Explode (Why Bomb, Why?)’
Buddy Peace himself explains his SFR debut in the “Late Model Sedan Operator’s Manual”:
Buddy Peace
‘Late Model Sedan’
Operator’s Manual
There seems to have always been a radio on while I was growing up…
‘Late Model Sedan’ is the project that’s been sitting out in the
garage (car-hole) since 2004. Years of collecting and sending away for
parts, reading manuals, testing mechanisms and standing with arms
crossed, looking puzzled down at the exposed motor that sneers back at
me, chuckling at my mechanic skills. It’s been a long while in the
making dammit.
Since all those years ago when I first caught rap radio broadcasts
on a wood-look radio complete with two-pence piece jammed in the tuning
display, the younger me was beginning to build on what would later be a
burning fascination, obsession even, with American culture. The music,
the films, the landscapes, the people – everything. And the cars… Wood
paneled sedans, Chevys, Buicks, Cadillacs, the whole deal. I used to
live near a place called ‘The American Car Centre’ which probably has
something to do with it.
Years down the road, these obsessions remain and continue to grow,
with the constant being hip hop music. Listening to it evolve over the
years and learning how to appreciate other kinds of music (which took
some time as back then I only responded to hip hop and heavy metal –
you couldn’t tell me shit), I eventually grasped what I’d absorbed all
the while and started DJing, which later led on to buying an MPC2000,
later upgrading to the XL model. More gear followed.
Long story cut very short, the winding road leads to ‘Late Model
Sedan’. The name’s been in the back of my mind since I started making
music. I wanted to somehow incorporate everything I enjoyed listening
to over time, with my own details carved into it and molded to my own
specification. I wanted it to remain true to my mixtape history and
blend it all into one sweeping experience, and cover the ground I knew
I was capable of covering.
Whether it’s spoken word, drones, straight
up beat programming or micro-edits, I wanted to get it in there, and
finish it off with a fine American sparkle while it sits proudly in the
driveway (at this point in my life, I still can’t drive. I’m working on
that…).
I like to think this will leave something with you, whether it is an
overall picture in your mind or a phrase from within the layers of
dialogue, or something else entirely. A passing car’s stereo… Or half
tuned in radio waves from the older years…
It’s not the flashiest car on the block, folks. But as with most
late model sedans, it’s built to last. I sincerely hope you enjoy.
Drive safe yo.
-written by Buddy Peace