{"id":6527,"date":"2026-04-11T15:41:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=6527"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:44:00","slug":"thundercat-the-virtuoso-bassist-is-still-in-the-thick-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=6527","title":{"rendered":"Thundercat The Virtuoso Bassist Is Still In The Thick Of It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">On his previous album, 2020\u2019s It Is What It Is, Thundercat contemplated grief over dense jazz-funk grooves, inspired by the loss of his close friend and collaborator Mac Miller. Six years later, the virtuoso bassist and bandleader is still in the thick of it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6528\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Music\/?p=6306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6528\" src=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Distracted-Thundercat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Distracted-Thundercat.jpg 270w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Distracted-Thundercat-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stream Now! Image Courtesy Of Apple.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">On Distracted, Thundercat captures the addled feeling of contemporary overstimulation and repurposes it for creative fuel. \u201cWake up, burnt out\/Start the day in flames,\u201d he sings on \u201cGreat Americans,\u201d overthinking texts and conversing with his cats. Despite some swooning (\u201cThunderWave,\u201d a deep-sea soul epic with WILLOW, or the space-funk love song \u201cWalking on the Moon\u201d), relationships are preludes to heartache and confusion on \u201cNo More Lies,\u201d a Tame Impala collab for damaged drifters, and \u201cWhat Is Left to Say,\u201d a bit of yacht rock existentialism with production from The Lemon Twigs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Nevertheless, Thundercat\u2019s trademark dark humor prevails, as he ends \u201cYou Left Without Saying Goodbye\u201d by considering a new side hustle (selling foot pics on OnlyFans). Additional guests include Flying Lotus, Lil Yachty, A$AP Rocky, and a previously unheard collaboration with Mac Miller.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Every product\/service is selected by editors. Products\/Services you buy through these links may earn &#8220;Streamapse Online Magazine&#8221; a commission or revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On his previous album, 2020\u2019s It Is What It Is, Thundercat contemplated grief over dense jazz-funk grooves, inspired by the loss of his close friend and collaborator Mac Miller. Six years later, the virtuoso bassist and bandleader is still in the thick of it. On Distracted, Thundercat captures the addled feeling of contemporary overstimulation and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[346],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6530,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6527\/revisions\/6530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}