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July 10, 2024 — Today, acclaimed band Tank and the Bangas confirm a three-part spoken word collection — The Heart, The Mind, The Soul — is set for release via Verve Forecast. In celebration, the first installment, The Heart (with James Poyser) is out now. Listen/share HERE.

All three parts will be unveiled by August 30, with the full project and bonus tracks set for release October 11. Each installment finds Tank working with a different collaborator — the first part to be released, The Heart, was produced by James Poyser. The Mind pairs her with Iman Omari,…

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July 10, 2024 — Today, acclaimed band Tank and the Bangas confirm a three-part spoken word collection — The Heart, The Mind, The Soul — is set for release via Verve Forecast. In celebration, the first installment, The Heart (with James Poyser) is out now. Listen/share HERE.

All three parts will be unveiled by August 30, with the full project and bonus tracks set for release October 11. Each installment finds Tank working with a different collaborator — the first part to be released, The Heart, was produced by James Poyser. The Mind pairs her with Iman Omari, followed by The Soul with producer and jazz musician Robert Glasper.

The Heart's opening track, "A Poem Is," boasts a feature from Jill Scott — an appearance that directly aligns with Tank's mission to magnify poetry as a music genre. "I want for poetry to get that much more respect and for even more young people to get into the expression of poetry," Tank expresses. "I want it to be seen as even more cool again. Poetry has always been my first love because it loved me back, it loved me before music even. now I get to share more of that part of myself with the world, in hopes that you love it to. Everything in this world has its place, the HEART deals with matters of my heart, my relationships with men and the one with myself. The MIND lends itself to the things I think about living as a woman in this world, and the relationships I've gone back and forth in my mind about. And the SOUL is a form of subconscious and conscious free flowing poems about myself and the city that raised me."

New Orleans-based Tank and the Bangas rose to prominence in 2017 following their unanimous NPR Music Tiny Desk Contest victory. Bringing their blend of poetry, R&B, gospel, and pop to a worldwide stage, Tank and the Bangas have been praised as one of the "best live bands in America" by NPR Music. In 2019, the band released their major label debut, Green Balloon, on Verve Forecast to widespread critical praise earning the band a Best New Artist nomination at that years Grammy's. Their latest third studio album, Red Balloon received a nomination for "Best Progressive R&B Album" at the 2023 Grammy Awards.

Throughout their career, the group has performed on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," "Austin City Limits," "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and "The Today Show." They have consistently sold-out venues both stateside and abroad, with festival appearances at Coachella, Glastonbury, Bonnaroo and the Newport Jazz Festival.

Tank and the Bangas are Tarriona "Tank" Ball (lead), Norman Spencer II (Multi-Instrumentalist), CJ Knowles Jr (Drummer), Matthew MSkillz (Bass), Rob Kellner (Keys) and Etienne Stoufflet (Saxophone).

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