Биография

Broke Royals is a premium rock & roll band from Washington DC. By the start of 2020, the band had a comfortable process. Philip Basnight (vocals), Colin Cross (drums), Taimir Gore (bass), and Ben Wilson (guitar) had released two full-length albums and knew how to construct a typical “Broke Royals” song. Things were going well. The Washington Post praised their second album, Saint Luxury, as “an album of pristine pop rock" and Billboard championed the "sing-along, arena-ready sound." There was, however, a disconnect between the band's gritty live sound and their recorded polish. Moving forward, the band wanted to capture the raw live energy and, even more, avoid slipping into autopilot. So as they began work on their third album, they knew they had to discard the old process and step out of their comfort zone. The group needed to throw a wrench in the gears to create something new and exciting. Enter Bartees Strange, their guide into the genre-bending unknown. Together, Broke Royals and Bartees Strange began building up and breaking down ideas. Nothing was sacred and the safe choices were often the first ones to get cut. In this style, the group wrote and rewrote slowly throughout the pandemic, sometimes all together and sometimes individually. The result is Broke Royals’ most exciting collection of songs. The new record presents a rock & roll band in lockstep. The influences of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty shine through.