ATHENS, GREECE (Top40 Charts) Athens, Greece psych-pop four-piece Baby Guru have announced their new album "IV", follows the group's 2015 mini-album "Sunshine Special" and is out on April 7th via Inner Ear. Below, hear the first track from the album, "Tell Me What You're Made Of," and check out the cover artwork and full tracklist.
After releasing their third full-length LP "Marginalia" in 2014, the members of Baby Guru spent the last years focusing on their individual careers. Singer Prins Obi and drummer King Elephant both released solo efforts and bassist Sir Kosmiche joined the psych-rock outfit "Chickn" and produced the debut album of Molimo (an African duo from Congo, performing live in the streets of Athens).
This year, Baby Guru's fourth proper LP finds the band as a quartet and willing to push the boundaries once again, delivering their richest set of songs to date, both musically and lyrically.
They remain open to new directions without forgetting their roots and trademark sound and they seem mature enough to convey their feelings and thoughts on everyday struggle, (cosmic) unfulfilled romances, the illusions of fame, half-forgotten dreams, imaginary folk bands and disco freaks. "IV" is a hymn to group life and the work of four childhood friends who are seeking genuine forms of expression in a cold-hearted world.
Baby Guru are: Prins Obi (vocals,keys), King Elephant (drums), Sir Kosmiche (bass) and Kon Kon (guitar).
Baby Guru is an ever-evolving musical organism consisting of four childhood friends. Tired of the typical rock band thing, they lay emphasis on spontaneity and unexpected inspiration, while they cultivate an obsession with the kraut rock legacy, pop melodies, psychedelic music and mama Africa percussion experiments. They remain incurably charmed by the analog warmth of proto-electronica and the raw power of garage punk, while they demonstrate a driving perspective of instinctive grooves and vocal lines that range from meditative to Dadaistic.
They've spent 2010 performing live shows in Athens and giving "Yogi Sister" EPs (vol.1 & 2) -a series of primitive recordings- for free download. In 2011, they made a dynamic comeback with their debut album, "Baby Guru", which was released on March 8th via Inner Ear. They also wrote the soundtrack for the theatrical play "Why I Killed My Best Friend", directed by Vasia Attarian.
Their sophomore LP, "
Pieces", was released in October 2012. It was distributed throughout
Europe via Rough Trade and V2 Records and the band was invited to perform at Eurosonic Noorderslag and Europavox (plus some gigs across the Netherlands).
Baby Guru's third LP, "Marginalia", was released in March 2014. In October 2014, they appeared at the CMJ
Music Marathon in New York, where they were named as one of the 5 top discoveries of the festival, according to MTV IGGY.
In
September 2015, Baby Guru officially dived into phase two, with the release of the mini-album "Sunshine Special" (an abstract dedication to the eight shades of summer) and the recording of their fourth LP.
Baby Guru IV
Format: Lp, Cd, Digital
Release Date: April 7
Pre-order via Inner Ear , BandCamp
Tracklist:
1. Tell Me What You're Made of
2. Bluebird Picnic
3. Oaxaca (The Calvino Song)
4. Before Sundown
5. Motel Rwanda
6. Palace in the Sun
7. Nothing Really Bothers Me
8. Amarousion
