Black Bananas Announce First Album In 12 Years, Release New Single “Turkey Burgers”

Black Bananas , the group led by Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux, have shared details of their first album in 12 years . It’s titled Bad Bunch and will be out September 4 via Fire Records. Herrema and the new lineup of the band — Brian McKinley and Kurt Midness round out the trio — produced and mixed it themselves.

“Every time we opened the sessions was different and like the universe expanding so did the tracks and the density of the combinations. It’s really cool to revisit and expand,” says Herrema. “We went about constructing over periods of disconnected time—that was the work. We knew it was done when, after shaping it for so long, there was suddenly this completed fully formed record sitting in front of us……it’s totally done when the magic is real.”

The first single from the album is “Turkey Burgers,” a jazzy psychedelic creation. “‘Turkey Burgers’ was one of the first new songs we wrote for the album,” Herrema says. “It dates back to when we had our own studio and would regularly work on music together. Since the pandemic, we had to adjust and develop some new methods for making music. I think it’s a part of the process that has led to some interesting new sounds for us. We paired down with some new methods. We are really happy you will finally hear it when we get to share these adaptations on Bad Bunch. It’s still Black Bananas so you can hear a progression.”

Listen below.

Bad Bunch

1. Nutrageous & Jam

2. All The Way

3. Dust Of Ages

4. Eddie’s Album

5. Cold Bussin

6. Outta My Head

7. Sherman Dealer

8. Turkey Burgers

9. Tiny Chewbacca

10. Good Pass

_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/black-bananas-detail-first-album-in-12-years-share-turkey-burgers/)._