Get ready to shake your head and groove out. The bouncy and infectious new single from Busty and the Bass “Out of Love” features R&B and soul legend Macy Gray. This is a beautiful collaboration for the Canadian-American 8-piece collective. They garnered notoriety for their 2016 cover of Gray’s hit song “I Try.” The octet’s latest single fits perfectly with her signature raspy vocals.
The song’s upbeat tone comes with a real message. It touches on the raw end of a relationship, requesting a significant other to just tell it straight up if you’re “Out of Love.” The accompanying visual is an animated story depicting the emotions in the song.
The chorus is an honest conversation: “If you’re out of love, I just want to hear it’s over now.” Then Gray complements the message perfectly as she comes on singing “I can get it, I can get it if you’re looking for something I don’t got. I know you’d rather let me be.”
Busty and the Bass consists of group members Nick Ferraro [vocals, alto sax], Evan Crofton a.k.a. Alistair Blu [vocals, keys, synths], Scott Bevins [trumpet], Chris Vincent [trombone], Louis Stein [guitar], Milo Johnson [bass], Eric Haynes [keys, piano], and Julian Trivers [drums]. The group met in 2011 at McGill University during their first week as students in the jazz program. Previously, they dropped a pair of EPs—GLAM in 2015 and LIFT in 2016. They then went on to create 2017’s full-length debut, Uncommon Good. One of their recent singles, “Baggy Eyed Dopeman,” features funk music great George Clinton.
Watch the video for “Out of Love” below:
