Mal Not Bad releases debut album 'This Is Your New Life' - out now via Same Same

Mal Not Bad releases debut album 'This Is Your New Life'
Out now via Same Same

- Collaborator and touring musician with Mk.gee, NoSo, Jay Som
- UK/EU & US tours with Skullcrusher and illuminati hotties
- Tipped by The Guardian, NPR, CLASH, KCRW, COLORS & more
- Glowing endorsements from BBC 6 Music (Guy Garvey, Huey Morgan, Nemone, Don Letts)

LISTEN 'This Is Your New Life' album:
https://awal.ffm.to/thisisyournewlife

STREAM focus single "Far Gone":
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"addictively replayable, fantastic”
The Guardian

"a subtle but striking offering, the melodic twists and turns set against a potent lyric"
CLASH Magazine

"an alluring experimental piece with infinite replay value"
The Line of Best Fit

"echoing art pop guitars bounce off shuffling drums and pulsing electronic beats, crafting a careful balance of spacious sonics, shifting dynamics, and off-kilter melodies”
Under The Radar

"a pop track unfurling in soft focus... you’re gonna want to listen to this one over and over and over again"
KCRW

“…atmospheric and explorative, full of beautiful cadence and consuming tones”
Wonderland Magazine

(9th August) Mal Not Bad today releases their debut album 'This Is Your New Life' via Same Same. The album features the previously released singles "AP" ("addictively replayable, fantastic” - The Guardian), "No Worries" ("a subtle but striking offering" - CLASH Magazine), "Mustang" ("glitchy, electronic" - Brooklyn Vegan) and "Life" ("a pop track unfurling in soft focus... you’re gonna want to listen to this one over and over and over again" - KCRW).

Mal Not Bad is the project of LA musician, producer and visual artist Mal Hauser, who previously has collaborated and toured with acts including Mk.gee, Skullcrusher, NoSo, illuminati hotties, Jay Som amongst others.

Clocking in at just under half an hour, 'This Is Your New Life' – as its title suggests – is as much a gesture to their past as it is a gateway to new beginnings. Across its twelve tracks, Mal Not Bad draws upon influence from the spiralling electronic and ambient worlds of Aphex Twin and Brian Eno, to the deft songwriting nuances of Feist, David Byrne and Alex G, with its subject matter stretching across relationships — to ones we love and with ourselves, and with death and life itself, as well as reflections upon modern day communication, and ultimately pausing to observe the world around us, rather than being consumed by the chaos.

Self-produced and recorded by Mal Not Bad in their home in the Melrose District of Los Angeles, 'This Is Your New Life' features instrumental contributions from saxophonist Henry Solomon (known for his work with HAIM), drummer Madi Vogt (Kim Gordon, Lauren Mayberry) and keys from Sam Weber, with the album mastered and co-mixed by James Krausse (Beyoncé, Porches) and John Lowell Anderson (Margaret Glaspy, Lindsey Buckingham).

Speaking more on the release of their debut full length, Mal Not Bad said: 

"This record is a blossoming of a new chapter. Instead of swimming under chaos, 'This Is Your New Life' zooms out and above, coming from more of a settled state of knowing oneself – of seeing patterns and learning which ones are worth keeping, which ones define us, and which ones we want to change. There are songs on the album that serve as reminders of the familiar patterns I see, hear, and feel in myself but come from a more patient, grounded place. Sonically, they don’t seek to push so hard – instead embrace those comfortable, familiar roots and find a way to enhance what’s special about them.

It’s a blossoming of sonic universes for me too - taking instruments and creative approaches that are comfortably rooted in me and pushing them to the places I want to go and see and hear. Similarly with the visuals - taking what I know and exploring what I want to learn more about, within myself as a creative and the art itself."

Prior to the release of 'This Is Your New Life' today - Mal Not Bad has released two EPs - their debut EP ‘In Free Fall’ released in January 2021, and 2022's 'Continuous Short Feature Film' - released amidst UK/EU & US tours with Skullcrusher and illuminati hotties.

Following further recent dates with acts including Babehoven, A. O. Gerber, and Great Grandpa’s Al Menne, Mal Not Bad's releases to date have been widely supported at BBC 6 Music (Guy Garvey, Huey Morgan, Nemone, Don Letts), at US radio (NPR and KCRW) and at press by publications including The Guardian, The Independent, COLORS, Consequence, NME, CLASH Magazine, The Line Of Best Fit, Wonderland Magazine, NPR, Brooklyn Vegan, DIY Magazine, Dork Magazine, Under The Radar, amongst others.
 

Mal Not Bad's debut album 'This Is Your New Life' is out now, released 9th August via Same Same.

This Is Your New Life' album artwork & track list
1. Far Gone
2. AP
3. No Worries
4. Cycle
5. Cycle (outro)
6. Come On/Hard Times
7. Inst II Pt. I
8. Inst II Pt. II
9. Life
10. Mustang (feat. Junaco)
11. Inst I
12. Dodgeball

LIVE DATES
3rd October, Troubadour - Los Angeles
12th October, Gold-Diggers - Los Angeles

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