Black Pumas tell us about new album ‘Chronicles Of A Diamond’: “It feels more like a second debut”

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Black Pumas have announced their new album ‘Chronicles Of A Diamond’ and shared single ‘More Than A Love Song’. Check it out below along with our interview with frontman Eric Burton.The duo – consisting of Burton and guitarist-producer Adrian Quesada – received critical acclaim and six Grammy nominations for their 2019 self-titled debut.

The first taster of their follow-up comes with ‘More Than A Love Song’ – a song with Burton described as “the exclamation point on the initiation of mine and Adrian’s relationship in the first place”.“That’s what we sound like, together when he is introducing music to me for me to then find the character or the moment to embellish and add colours to that initial canvas,” he said.Now, the band are ready to truly show how far they’ve come on the long-awaited ‘Chronicles Of A Diamond’.“We were under pressure this time,” Burton told NME. “Being that it’s the dreaded sophomore album it was really heavy, I’m not gonna lie.

It was also a fun process and very cathartic as well. We were very fortunate for the fact that when Black Pumas first started, Adrian had made a lot of the music beforehand.“I also had the opportunity to share some of my own music with Adrian for the first project.

This round, I had a lot more to do with the creation of the music outside of lyrics and melody.”Burton noted how ‘Chronicles Of A Diamond’ “feels more like a second debut” where “the handshake is almost reversed” between himself and Quesada, finding a new chemistry where his bandmate is now adding the finishing touches to his own creations.“We got really lucky, because the music that was sent on Adrian’s behalf for me to finish for the first album was really beautiful,” said Burton. “Now, Adrian has kind of been.