New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Lake Street Dive's new album, Obviously, is out now on Nonesuch Records, available everywhere here. "You need to make this band part of your life," exclaims the AP. "Lake Street Dive have never sounded better, full and clear with every instrument given a chance to shine in every song." The Daily Mail, in its four-star review, said: "Lake Street Dive have been one of America�s hidden musical treasures for too long. Tight and playful, but not devoid of heft, this is an album to lift the spirits."
In celebration of the new record, the group performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, which you can watch and will perform on CBS This Morning: Saturday Sessions tomorrow.
Obviously was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Mike Elizondo who is best known as a songwriting collaborator for Dr. Dre, Eminem, and
50 Cent and has also served as a record producer for Fiona Apple, Mary J. Blige, Carrie Underwood, and 21 Pilots, among many others. Utilizing Elizondo�s hip-hop record-making expertise coupled with the permanent addition of keyboardist Akie Bermiss, Lake Street Dive�s wide-ranging taste in pop, rock, R&B, and jazz have blended together to make an impressively cohesive sound, combining retro influences with a contemporary attitude.
�We�ve been a band for so long that we didn�t want to just become a feedback loop of our own ideas,� recounts Kearney. �It felt like a really good time to bring another person like Mike [Elizondo], and he really opened us up. He encouraged us to make bolder arrangement choices, take those chances and try those things. The record really is a success in what we set out to do: continue to challenge ourselves, continue to grow, and do things we�ve never done before.�
The members of Lake Street Dive founded the group in 2004 while attending the New England Conservatory of
Music in Boston. The band features Rachael Price (lead vocals), Mike �McDuck� Olson (trumpet, guitar), Bridget Kearney (bass) and Mike Calabrese (drums) as well as their newest member Akie Bermiss (keyboards), who has been a touring member of the group since 2017.
