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When Kalmia Traver (vocals/saxophone) and Alex Toth (vocals/trumpet) founded Rubblebucket eleven years ago, they completely re-wrote the music playbook. They did everything from mixing funk, jazz, and pop to putting the marching band on the concert stage. During their time together, they forged life-long relationships with band mates Adam Dotson (trombone/backing vocals/flute/keyboards) and Ian Hersey (guitar/backing vocals) and between themselves. Their fifth full-length album, Sun Machine, as such, is more than just another record. It is a brief and open account of the pairs’ and the bands’ past five years. This includes Traver’s diagnosis and recovery from ovarian cancer (which she brilliantly covered on her solo debut album as Kalbells), Toth’s three-year battle with alcoholism, and the dissolution of their personal relationship. The two, however, remain close friends and collaborators, and it is evidenced throughout this terrific little album.
CONDITION: NEW
TRACK LISTING
A1 What Life Is
A2 Donna
A3 Lemonade
A4 Party Like Your Heart Hurts
A5 Fruity
B1 Formless And New
B2 Annihilation Song
B3 Inner Cry
B4 Sunlit Sparks (I Won't Break You)
B5 Habit Creature
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