Gentleman Brawlers

A funky 5-Piece band known for intense performances that walk the lines between slick songcraft, theatrical flair, & sonic experimentation. 2014 was a landmark year for the band, drawing critical acclaim in the New York & London Music Press. Brooklyn’s influential magazine The Deli listed them among their top 10 emerging New York bands, & Veteran BBC music writer Tom Robinson offered lavish praise for the group, noting the “silken female vocals” & “micron-precision drum grooves,” Robinson went called ’Brawlers “a band that will take over the world”. Led visually by vocalist/dancer Becca Fox’s compelling sense of stagecraft, the Gentleman Brawlers are a sight & sound you don't want to miss!

When Brooklyn collective Gentleman Brawlers performs, it's more than a concert: It's an electrifying experience. "If you can MOVE you can DANCE!" shouts an exuberant Becca Fox from the stage -- or from the dance floor, where she's joined the crowd. Gentleman Brawlers loves to engage an audience, and the audience loves them right back. The BBC’s Tom Robinson hailed them as "a virtuoso live band, grooving together like a beautifully engineered machine.”

Led by creative duo Becca Fox and Matt Walsh, the band channels musical inspo Talking Heads with their distinct brand of Afrofunk and indie dance music. A visual as well as auditory feast on stage, Canadian blog The Revue calls Gentleman Brawlers “tantalizing and intoxicating.”

Fox, leading an expandable cast of dancers, creates thrilling, immersive live shows. A multi-disciplinary artist of Haitian and Jewish descent, Fox embodies what it means to be mixed, taking virtuosic dance turns in an eclectic range of styles from rhythm tap and West African to pop-modern contemporary. With dance performances at the Metropolitan Opera and numerous European TV ad campaigns to her credit, Fox brings a potent, incendiary presence to the stage that Arts Council of Greater New Haven described as "...airborne...half-vocalist, half-bird."

GB has two distinct musical incarnations – live and in studio – that elevate and inform each other. Through a sonic blend of disco-based horn lines, sticky highlife guitar, and polyrhythms from West Africa, Trinidad, and Brazil, GB’s’ live shows ignite a community-based, improvisational energy; audience engagement is integral to the band’s identity. In studio, the band will often reimagine their songs through an experimental EDM lens. Whether the audience is on the dance floor or pressing play, Gentleman Brawlers always delivers an exhilarating, celebratory experience.

Gentleman Brawlers has honed its live show at Brooklyn Bowl, opening for Cimafunk and Grammy-winners Fantastic Negrito and Los Amigos Invisibles; playing Pier 1 on Manhattan's Upper West Side for Summer on the Hudson, Dumbo's Live at the Archway concert series, Burlington Discover Jazz Festival (VT), Princeton University's Terrace F. Club (NJ), Musikfest (PA), Brooklyn's Knitting Factory; and in a residency at the McKittrick Hotel -- delivering unforgettable performances full of heat, crackling energy, and butt-shaking whomp.

Their core stage lineup includes Matt Walsh (keyboards, guitar, production), Becca Fox (vocals, synths, dance), Quincie Hydock (vocals, dance), Jeremy Warren (drums), Trevor Brown (bass), Tree Palmedo (trumpet) and Nick Marziani (saxophone).

Recently given a #deskoftheday shoutout on NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, Gentleman Brawlers was described as “mesmerizing” with “slick musical chemistry” at WNYC’s The Greene Space. The band is releasing a string of singles through Six Degrees Music Distribution, offering a first taste of their debut album “Truth and Magic,” dropping on the band’s own Brooklyn Fields imprint October 27th.

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