Scandinavian duo My Bubba releases new album 'Big Bad Good'

Scandinavian folk duo MY BUBBA announce the release of their third studio album, BIG BAD GOOD. Recorded with Shahzad Ismaily (Will Oldham, Jolie Holland) at his Brooklyn studio Figure 8 Recording. The album will be released on April 15 on V2 Records.

BIG BAD GOOD is a record so intimate and raw, it’s the sonic equivalent of feeling skin-on-skin — as the album’s sensual, black and white nude artwork illustrates. This gorgeously bare sound is the result of My Bubba choosing to write the songs in the studio and record them as they emerged, working intuitively and fearlessly.

My Bubba (My Larsdotter (pronounced mee) and Bubba Tomasdottír) has toured with Damien Rice, co-written music with Matthew E. White, recorded with Noah Georgeson, gone karaoke singing with Gillian Welch—and racked up over 5 million Spotify streams along the way. With the new album, the deliciously catchy lead single “Big Bad Good” opens the door to the themes of longing, sexuality, loss and ancestry with a playful, light touch. The single and the album may be quiet, but the soul and sensuality you get with that softness is pure and potent.

Bubba and My met by chance when they became roommates in Denmark in 2008, forming an immediate and effortless musical connection. Soon after, they were invited to tour in Italy - and ended up making their first album; ‘How it’s done in Italy’. Several adventures later, the duo followed up with Goes Abroader, produced by Noah Georgeson (Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart). They recorded in two LA studios—the first off Skid Row, the second, Charlie Chaplin’s old mansion, and the album was released in 2014 on Fake Diamond Records (Oh Land).

My Bubba toured Europe with Matthew E White in 2013, which led to My co-writing the gorgeous, grooving song “Love is Deep” on White’s Fresh Blood album. In 2014, My Bubba met Damien Rice, Sam Amidon and Shahzad Ismaily at a music festival in Iceland; the musicians jammed together, swam together and discovered a creative affinity. When Shahzad invited My Bubba to make a record in his newly-opened studio they intuitively decided to go for it.

The songs on BIG BAD GOOD were recorded as they were written, and most of the takes are among the first times the songs were ever sung—allowing the record to capture the immediate rawness and intimacy of a newborn song. Hear this exceptional album for yourself, preferably with your eyes closed and the music turned up loud. Catch My Bubba live in action at Trefpunt Gent or Bonnefooi Brussels, seeing this special duo in person is the real treat.

MY BUBBA 'BIG BAD GOOD' OUT APRIL 15

CONCERTS:

Trefpunt Ghent - May 6

Bonnefooi Brussels - May 10

Check out the title track HERE.