In stores July 29th through Obese Records, Blue Mnts come Newtown hip hop 3 piece Thundamentals have announced the impending release of their sophomore album Foreverlution. The eagerly anticipated follow up to their 2009 longplayer Sleeping On Your Style, with national album launch shows TBA and lead single Paint The Town Red already on triple j rotation, The Thunda’s are hitting the road with Outkast’s Big Boi to celebrate.
Though their debut EP (late 2008) was awarded ozhiphop.com’s ‘Best EP of 08’ award, it was Sleeping On Your Style (also released through Obese) that truly announced DJ Morgs, Jeswon and Tuka (aka Thundamentals) as a new tour de force on the Oz Hip Hop Scene. Both singles lifted from Sleeping On Your Style (Move It Up and The Mash) received high rotation on Triple J and the band began to pop up on ’acts to watch’ (Rolling Stone Magazine) and ‘next big thing’ (The Sydney Morning Herald) lists everywhere.
The Mash was named iTunes ‘Single Of The Week’ and saw the band invited to record an exclusive live EP for fans and competition winners at Sydney iTunes store. 15 months after the release of the album, a veritable ‘eon’ in today’s quick capture album cycle environment, the record was still gaining momentum with 4th single THUNDA added to MTV rotation and international supports and festival slot offer’s continuing to roll in .
The summer of 2010 / 2011 alone saw them grace stages at Falls Festival, Peats Ridge, Good Vibes SYD, Changing Lanes Festival and Newtown Festival (headliner). Interspersed with their own national headline tours, over the past eighteen months Thundamentals have supported; A Tribe Called Quest (USA), Lyrics Born (USA), MF DOOM (USA), Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (USA), Drapht, Astronomy Class and many more.
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