The band is returning to its roots as an instrumental ensemble with a brand new collection of nine
original songs on Culcha Vulcha. A departure from its signature live-from-the-studio film
and audio style, the band spent a week in the middle of a pecan orchard at the remote Sonic Ranch
Studios in Tornillo, Texas, just a five minute walk from the Mexican border. With no cameras, no
audience, and the opportunity to overdub, they have crafted an album much darker and moodier
than any before it. The typical flash and bombastic moments that Snarky Puppy is known for have
been replaced by a more patient, restrained, and sonically creative approach to both composition
and performance. The melodies are intricate, the counterpoint is fluid, and groove reigns supreme in
mixes that are bass and percussion-heavy.