Here's a lil taste of our upcoming album 'Reflections' to be released on Jan 1st 2015. Enjoy :P 

'REFLECTIONS' Sampler

B-Side from the REVEAL single released Nov 2014. Written by D Vitanza & M Sullivan. Lead Vocals - Vainz, Guitar - Mitch Sullivan, Bass - Enzo Russo, Drums - Matt Mullins. Recorded at Purple Sound Studio by Damian Codotto. Produced by Chris McKelvie. 

Bring It To The Track

2016 remaster of The Taste - Lucid Dreams featuring Moses Warusam on Lead Guitar and 'Handles' on Horns

Lucid Dreams

After two years since their last release, the ever growing Cairns hip hop band The Taste burst back onto the airwaves with a new release and lyric clip for their newest track 'The Hands Of'. 

Recorded by Luke Green and mixed by Sam Wright at The Rec Room in Townsville, the track features a funky buffet of instrumentation with sizzling guitar, bobbing trumpet and lush female vocals. Lyrically, rapper Vainz explores modern day issues with capitalism and the effects it has on our surrounding environment. 

'Blessed with The Hands Of creation. Cursed with The Hands Of destruction. Deface the land, replace the land. Create a plan to take land from another man'.   (Chorus Lyrics)

Mastered by Grammy away winner William Bowden at King Willy Sound, ‘The Hands Of’ is the start of a big year for The Taste with an impending album set for release in mid-2017.

The Hands Of

Following on from their recent single ‘The Hands Of’ , Cairns based Tropical Hip Hop ensemble ‘The Taste’ launch their new single ‘Sunday Funk’ ahead of their upcoming album release ‘Convalesce’ On September 13th.
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Luke Green at The Rec Room in Townsville, the near instrumental four word two chord jam ’Sunday Funk’ features a smorgasbord of tropical influences with guitars, horns and percussion all sizzling nicely throughout the track.

A staple in The Taste live performances for the last two years, the introductory song to the band’s new album ‘Convalesce’ highlights the collective mash of musical talent across the band with instruments such as Saxophone, Trumpet, Flute, Congo’s and Electric Guitar all taking centre stage throughout the five minute tropical infusion. 

Written on a Sunday during wet season at a quiet gig in Palm Cove, the song has become a fan favourite and familiar opening to many Taste’s performances.

“Originally it was a song we use to play to let off a bit of steam. Our lead guitarist and horn players would all just let rip over the groove of the song. Sometimes it would go for 10 minutes!” said Mitch Sullivan. 

‘Sunday Funk’ is the second single to be released from the upcoming album ‘Convalesce’. 
The Taste tour QLD/NSW in Sep-Oct 2017.

Convalesce

Sunday Funk

"This baby transports you from the beaches of Barbados to the streets of Spain, with sweet and sultry ripples of guitar leading into the album’s most powerful track. And not just musically powerful, but lyrically too: the vocals of Matt Mullins and Vainz centre around the impact of addiction on communities, with the instrumentation building up into an epic duet/battle between guitar and sax rounding out the track. If you’ve never heard The Taste before, start with this track and you’ll be won over." 

Nathan Toll of Huxley Press
http://huxley.press/2017/10/25/the-convalesce-taste-test/

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