{"id":4011,"date":"2020-08-26T10:18:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T17:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=4011"},"modified":"2024-08-05T09:41:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T16:41:13","slug":"black-pumas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/black-pumas","title":{"rendered":"Episode 191: Black Pumas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Colors&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SongExploder191-BlackPumas-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SongExploder191-BlackPumas-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SongExploder191-BlackPumas-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SongExploder191-BlackPumas-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SongExploder191-BlackPumas.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder&amp;ge=prx_93_c7c42d33-fc00-40ec-b6c4-69e37b137869\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-1975-the-birthday-party\/id788236947?i=1000487933422\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0bo4uVhzB44eIT2Pq9drNs?si=_KSCnjAXRxWKpmASGXV5dQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPOTIFY<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\/s1!9ea8e\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Pumas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Pumas<\/a> formed in Austin, Texas in 2017, when singer Eric Burton met producer Adrian Quesada. Their self-titled debut was released in June 2019, and got them a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist.\u00a0In this episode, they break down their hit song \u201cColors,\u201d which Eric started writing ten years ago, when he was first learning how to play guitar.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/i\/1459174635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buy or stream &#8220;Colors&#8221; here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2EntxPIULUI\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\n<i>Illustration by <\/i><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/black-pumas-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roland_RE-201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roland Space Echo delay unit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/soulsupporters?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Soul Supporters &#8211; backing vocalists<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Colors&#8221; \ufeff LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 SPOTIFY \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC Black Pumas formed in Austin, Texas in 2017, when singer Eric Burton met producer Adrian Quesada. 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