Thundercat announces new album, shares single feat. Steve Lacy

Thundercat has announced a new album titled It Is What It Is, set to be released April 3 via Brainfeeder Records. The follow-up to 2017’s Drunk features collaborations with Ty Dolla $ign, Childish Gambino, Lil B, Kamasi Washington, Steve Lacy, Steve Arrington, BADBADNOTGOOD, Louis Cole, Zack Fox, and Flying Lotus.

Alongside the announcement comes a new single featuring Steve Lacy and Steve Arrington titled “Black Qualls.” In a press release, Thundercat describes Lacy as “the physical incarnate of the Ohio Players in one person … a funky ass dude.” It Is What It Is is out April 3 on Brainfeeder; find details of Thundercat's supporting tour, and listen to “Black Qualls,” below.

Thundercat 2020 Tour dates:
2/28 Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
2/29 Portland, OR – PDX Jazz Festival
3/02 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
3/03 Arcata, CA – Van Duzer Theatre
3/04 Chico, CA – Senator Theatre
3/06 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
3/07 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
3/08 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory North Park
3/10 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
3/12 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
3/13 Omaha, NE – Slowdown
3/14 Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
3/15 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
3/17 Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre
3/18 Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
3/19 Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre
3/21 Boston, MA – House of Blues
3/22 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
3/24 New York, NY – Webster Hall
3/28 Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
3/29 Knoxville, TN – Big Ears Festival
3/31 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
4/01 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
4/02 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse

09/04 London, UK – Roundhouse
11/04 Manchester, UK – Academy
14/04 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
15/04 Paris, FR – Elysée Montmartre
17/04 Berlin, DE – Astra