Chance The Rapper isn’t going a regular route in his musical journey. He’s been playing with his live band The Social Experiment ( Chance with Donnie Trumpet, Peter Cottontale, and Nate Fox) and the has a free record with them on the way called Surf before the end of the year.
It’s the trumpet player, Donnie Trumpet, who gets his moment in the title of the record – Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment, due to it being under his main operation.
‘Sunday Candy’ is our first bite from the album, an uplifting song that doesn’t tie in with anything going on in modern music, taking inspiration from Chicago brass bands, TV theme songs and old-school pop music. It’s delightfully out of step, unabashed soul pop.
https://soundcloud.com/donnietrumpet/donnie-trumpet-the-social-experiment-sunday-candy
Last month they released a downbeat song called ‘No Better Blues’:
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
