Brazilian music-inspired NYC group As For the Future makes their Joe’s Pub debut to celebrate the release of their first album on June 14, 2024. Drawing on a variety of styles – bossa nova, samba, MPB (Música popular brasileira) – and combining them with rock, jazz, folk, and soul influences, the group mates their distinctive sound with vibrant, original lyrics. Along with vocalists David Nagler and Alexia Bomtempo – who met on a Joe’s Pub Artist Zoom! – the band features Mauro Refosco (David Byrne's American Utopia, Red Hot Chili Peppers), David Lizmi (Elysian Fields), Ray Rizzo (Josh Ritter), and more. The group took shape during the summer of 2020, when over 15 different musicians contributed remotely to the recording of new material. These sessions resulted in a self-titled album comprised of 10 songs that are wry (“Koan for the Music Business”), political (“The Mob”), comprehensive (“Encyclopedia of Songs”), and evocative (“Childlike”). The album will be available at the show on vinyl and deluxe edition CD.

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