Name: Earth Worship
Brand: Rubblebucket

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

GJ00761

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "GJ00761"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-10-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Orchard

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

855579007277

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "855579007277"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Total Cap

1 / Black / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

GJ00762

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "GJ00762"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

855579007284

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "855579007284"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Rubblebucket

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Grand Jury

Rubblebucket is a Brooklyn-based band known for their unique blend of indie pop, funk, and art rock. Led by the dynamic duo of Kalmia Traver on lead vocals and baritone saxophone, and Alex Toth on trumpet and vox, they bring an infectious energy to their performances.

With Dandy McDowell on bass, Maddie Rice on guitar, and Adam Dotson on trombone, Rubblebucket's sound is rich and layered. They are also joined by additional players Jacob Bergson on synths and Jeremy Phipps sometimes adding trombone to the mix.

Their drum squad includes Jeremy Gustin, Ian Chang, and Max Jaffe who provide the driving rhythms that make their music so captivating. Drawing inspiration from a diverse range of musical genres, Rubblebucket creates a sound that is both familiar yet completely original.

“I’ve been coming a thousand years / you could call me the endless fuck,” goes the memorable opening line of Rubblebucket’s Earth Worship, a dance-forward, joyously layered collection of songs which work to dissolve the imaginary lines between the natural world and its inhabitants. Kalmia Traver and Alex Toth, the group’s front persons and co-writers, first began a friendship as jazz students at the University of Vermont. Soon after, they formed a prolific band that has delved into pop, funk, dance and psychedelia over five records, with performances spanning Bonnaroo to their self-curated Dream Picnic Festival, and collaborations with kindred genre-blenders including Arcade Fire and Questlove. But Traver and Toth initially bonded over another shared passion: the two were part of UVM’s Sustainable Community Development program. Though Toth communes with nature as part of his morning routine, and Traver is adept at foraging in the band’s adopted home of New York, songwriting explicitly about environmentalism in Rubblebucket has felt immaterial—besides, the band has shared its beliefs over the years by inviting anti-fracking, reproductive justice, and other organizations to table at their shows. But Traver was interested in writing love songs for and from the natural world, and both were inspired by their parents’ work in ecology and community facilitation, from which they saw a throughline to music’s communal healing. Traver suggested “earth worship” as a lyrical prompt for their sixth record, and with this concept at its core, the duo began writing Earth Worship: a Rubblebucket album with renewed shimmer, showcasing the group’s intricately sparkling beats, hushed yet hooky vocals and infectious melodic complexity.

Earth Worship

Music US