The Golden Age of Apocalypse Thundercat

“With a career’s worth of top-shelf session work with everyone from Snoop Dogg to neo-soul luminaries Erykah Badu and Bilal, time with a German boyband, and his full-time gig as bassist to thrash-fusion legends Suicidal Tendencies, Stephen Bruner’s debut solo recording has been a long time coming. Just as he grounded Cosmogramma with his technical know-how last year, Bruner’s inordinate skill and poise make for a refreshing, memorable listen here. Equal parts futuristic space jazz fusion and hip-hop that does well to bridge the seemingly disparate corners of Thundercat’s sprawling resume, Apocalypse is one of those rare modern jazz records that’s remarkably unpretentious without having to cheapen the daunting complexity jazz is noted for.” - Alex Young, Consequence