SOFI TUKKER Deliver Delectable Counterpart to 2024's "BREAD" With New Album, "butter"

Bread and butter are a classic pairing, but SOFI TUKKER aren't ones to follow the status quo. The duo have released their fourth studio album, butter, a delectable counterpart to 2024's steamy BREAD.

While BREAD stands for "Be Really Energetic And Dance," butter dials down the tempo and raises the heat, melting listeners with sensual serenades and soulful soundscapes through a Brazilian lens.

Comprising "nearly all organic elements," according to SOFI TUKKER's Sophie Hawley-Weld, butter is infused with Brazilian sonics ranging from "more classical tropical genres like bolero, bachata, samba-cançao, bossa nova and baião to more contemporary genres like reggae, Brazilian funk and samba-reggae."

The Brazilian genre bossa nova is what Hawley-Weld was pursuing when she first met her SOFI TUKKER bandmate, Tucker Halpern, over a decade ago. We got our first glimpse way back in 2018 by virtue of "Brazilian Soul," a collaboration with The Knocks that has since amassed over 50 million streams on Spotify alone.

Since then, the tandem has worked to subtly incorporate bossa nova into the chart-topping dance music we all know and love. Now, however, they've returned to where it all began in order to release something more substantial.

"This whole album is a dream come true and it marks an important time in my life... my return to Brazil," Hawley-Weld said. "My Portuguese improved, my relationships there grew, and I felt vibrant in a way that only Brazil makes me feel."

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Following the release of BREAD, Hawly-Weld and Halpern were put in touch with Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Marcio Arantes, who helped produce butter. He brought in Julio "Fejuca"Caesar (guitar), Daniel Conceição (percussion), Lulinha Alencar (accordion) and Will Bone (horns) to flesh out the album's instrumentals.

Each rendition of the original is buttery smooth, with an eloquent fluidity from start to finish. Some standout tracks include "Throw Some Ass" and “Perfect Someone," which have been artistically melted into sultry live versions.

"It was different from what Tuck and I are used to while making dance music, which tends to be very stop-and-start and loop-based," Hawley-Weld affirms.

You can listen to butter below and find the new album on streaming platforms here.

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