Complex Emotions The Bad Plus

• 1 Grid/Ocean 05:39
• 2 French Horns 03:50
• 3 Casa Ben 06:20
• 4 Carrier 05:40
• 5 Cupcakes One 04:09
• 6 Tyrone's Flamingo 05:52
• 7 Deep Water Sharks 04:15
• 8 Li Po 07:56
• Total Runtime 43:41

Info for Complex Emotions

The Bad Plus has taken a bold step forward with Complex Emotions, the second album released as a quartet. After 21 years of redefining their sound, founding members Reid Anderson and Dave King expanded the group by enlisting guitarist Ben Monder and saxophonist Chris Speed. This fresh lineup has unlocked new creative possibilities, fully explored in Complex Emotions. The album’s title, drawn from a phrase long used by Anderson and King, reflects the wide-ranging musical explorations that have defined the band's journey. By choosing this title, The Bad Plus signals that the reconfigured group has discovered new depths of their creative potential.

The Bad Plus:
Reid Anderson, double bass, synthesizer
Dave King, drums, synthesizer
Ben Monder, guitar
Chris Speed, tenor saxophone

Recorded June 2023 by Brett Bullion at Pachyderm Studios, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Mixed by Brett Bullion
Mastered by Huntley Miller for HM Mastering
Produced by Reid Anderson + Dave King

The Bad Plus
Few jazz groups in recent memory have amassed such acclaim, and inspired such controversy, as The Bad Plus. For almost fifteen years, they have thrived at the intersection of jazz, indie rock and contemporary classical music, inspiring Rolling Stone to call them “about as badass as highbrow gets.” The Bad Plus’ 10th studio recording, Inevitable Western, sees bassist Reid Anderson, pianist Ethan Iverson, and drummer David King further honing the same conceptual base that fired their inception. Yet again they continue to explore myriad musical forms born of jazz along with any sonic source that forwards music that is uniquely The Bad Plus. Inevitable Western is an album where pop, blues, and folk meld with classic melodies and rhythmic innovation into that rarest of hybrids: intelligent music for the masses.

This album contains no booklet.