Slum Beach Posse. Vol. 1

Along The Way (feat. Jesse James Pariah)

20 After 4 (feat. Benny Ranks)

Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, the seven piece “Reggae / Rap / Rock” fusion, Shrub, has been rapidly gaining momentum and building a solid national fan base since being voted by readers as High Times Magazine’s Unsigned Band of the Month in September of 2010.

Recently, Shrub released their first full length album, Highceratops, which debuted in the Top 10 on the iTunes Reggae Charts. The album features guest appearances by C-Money from Slightly Stoopid, Dubmatix, and Kimberly Freeman from One-Eyed Doll.

The band garners comparisons to artists like: Sublime, The Dirty Heads, Atmosphere, Gym Class Heroes, and G. Love, but Shrub maintains an innately unique and raw sound all their own. With the addition of new guitar player, Kevin Oliver, former member of the world’s funkiest band, Parliament/Funkadelic (George Clinton), Shrub’s sound has now quickly become full-grown.

“The Midwest has long been a hotbed for successful rap artists, but Shrub’s eclectic fusion of rap, reggae, and rock brings a whole new flavor to the scene.”
- High Times Magazine

Herbivore

From Passafire's album Start From Scratch (2011).

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Start From Scratch

HOT N GLASSY

STONED AGAIN

CALIFAS2

This is a great song inspired by the story of the Spider and the Fly

Spider and the Fly

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Lyrics:

Just across the way
Where the train goes
Late night
It carries dreams
Into the steam
And then they take flight
An iron horse, her iron ores’ll lay the cars low
The embers bright, they echo flies behind the jars glow
I had a sense I’d been misplaced
Set adrift, led astray
I didn’t know which way to go

I was lost when you found me
Lost when you found me
Runnin’ through the wild
All the while in a sound sleep
But just then I heard a whisper in the wood
I cannot lie I would’ve kissed her if I could
I gotta be smart
Cut my loss and restart
Keep guard
I heard you had a weak heart
I heard you had a weak heart

Out beyond the break
Beneath the waves
In the deep blue
Down below
The indigo begins to bleed through
I heard a voice beyond the noise that poisons dry land
There in the fold the dark and cold were holding my hand
I had the sense I’d been embraced
Taken home, shown the way
Oh, what a sight for weary eyes

Lost

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Lyrics:

Once you hear the siren’s song
It’ll haunt you all night long
Go that way you’re bound to pay your toll
It’s the devil in disguise
And every time you tell your lies
It takes a few more pieces of your soul

I’m not a sinner
As it goes, I’m no saint
I sleep through the winter
Lie in wait until the rain dries
The fatal flaw
Within us all
We try to tame fire
Light me up and let me go
The way they tell it
You’d forget it’s never all bad
Just don’t expect for them to catch you
When you fall back
It’s awful late
You think you’ll make it through the tall grass?
Set me up and let me go

Might be a dreamer
As it goes, I’m not alone so
I know recourse
Is never more
Than just a stones throw
You want enlightenment
Start lightenin’ your own load
Pull the pin and let me go
When dogs are sleepin’
You’d do best to let ‘em lie now
Don’t be compelled
To delve in wells
Already dried out
You want direction
Start by gettin’ off of my cloud
Cut me loose and let me go

It’s all a prison
As it goes, I’m on the outside
The crystal walls
I long to leap
They keep me bound tight
You bate your breath
Or better yet
I’ll take it outright
I paid my debt so let me go
Your footing’s weak
You put your teeth
Before your tongue now
They gave you rope enough
They’d hoped you’d never come down
The hours east
As shadows creep
Across the sundial
Steal a kiss and let me go

The sirens sing a song that’ll put you to a true test
Can’t you see it’s just the devil in a blue dress
Wolf comin’ with her sheep clothes on
But she don’t mean to keep those on

Sirens

My latest single 'Strongest Of Our Kind' featuring G. Love off the upcoming album 'Breathe And Let Go'. 

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Strongest Of Our Kind (feat. G. Love)

Florida Showers ft Leilani Wolfgramm

With the release of his genre-hopping debut album, Slum Beach Denny, it’s time to add DENM to the storied list of Southern California’s musical ambassadors.  And like his most recent predecessors- Slightly Stoopid and Sublime- the twenty-something musician, songwriter, and producer drops plenty of hazy daze optimism into his melting pot of youth culture and life experience, emerging with a 21st century soundtrack from SoCal’s sun-kissed sand, surf, and streets.  “It might look overnight to some people,” says DENM, “but I’ve been working.”
Working, first as a producer, most recently as a songwriter and musician, DENM has been a highly sought-after creative force in the indie music scene for over a decade.  He’s evolved, thankfully and successfully, from years as an admittedly troubled teen bouncing from beach town to beach town.  And, as much as itinerant residencies in San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Isla Vista marked his personal narrative, they also fostered deeply authentic and eclectic sources of inspiration for the budding artist.  
DENM taught himself guitar at 14, studying Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin II, replicating every lick on his Alvarez acoustic- “the sickest present ever” from his mother.  He devoured YouTube videos on production techniques and, in 2017, found kindred spirits in the Rock Mafia duo of producers, Tim James and Antonina Armato.  He constantly grinded out new material, trusted constructive feedback from Rock Mafia, and chose positive vibes as motivation.  “Instead of trying to prove people wrong, I want to make sure that the people that believed in me are right.”
Utilizing his “ghetto set-up,” recording wherever the muse took him, DENM began crafting his own repertoire.  He built a personal studio- in a shipping container, no less- in Costa Mesa, Calif., where he assembled his raw tracks.  Then, in Los Angeles with Rock Mafia, he polished his prospective cuts into gems.  
DENM’s songs were notably genuine and reflective, not just autobiographically, but of the multicultural influences that surrounded him; revealing, if not celebrating, the seedier side of SoCal.  They also attracted a host of admiring peers; Dirty Heads’ Jared Watson, for one, guested on the album’s lead single, the reggae/punk cruiser “Califas.”
A devotedly independent artist, DENM signed with Ineffable Records in 2020; a strategic partnership that enables Slum Beach Denny to reach his ever-widening audience.  For DENM, this first record is an immense source of pride; his coming-of-age moment.  “Everything was fully realized: the vision; the mission.  I wanted to make a soundtrack of life that everyone can experience: falling in love; good times; hard times; a little bit of everything.”
And it’s just the beginning.
“Expect more out of me.  I’m going to write about my life.  I’m going to write about make-believe.  Whatever.  We’re just getting started.  Slum Beach Denny is album one,” says DENM.  “I’m living every day.  There’s inspiration everywhere.  I’m expecting to do this for the rest of my life.”