Carrtoons Releases New Album, “Saturday Morning”
Ben Carr has released a new album called Saturday Morning with his solo project, Carrtoons. The bassist, who also handles all other instruments, brought in guest vocalists to channel vintage soul over hip-hop and R&B grooves.
Carr lists his inspirations as Stevie Wonder, Madlib, Thundercat, Jon Brion, André 3000, Questlove, J Dilla, Leon Sylvers III, James Jamerson, Carol Kaye, and Jaco Pastorius. You can hear a lot of those influences in the track “Something About You” featuring singer Will Heard:
Saturday Morning is available now as a digital download via Bandcamp.
Saturday Morning Track List:
- Love Somebody Intro
- Gimme Your Love!
- Give It Up (feat. Joanna Teters)
- Father (feat. Rae Khalil)
- Call You Right Back (feat. Topaz Jones)
- Bottle Rocket
- Ben on the Run
- Something About You (feat. Will Heard)
- Taurus (feat. Julia Zivic)
- Super Hero Sh*t
- Outro
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