Gentleman Brawlers

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BROOKLYN & QUEENS, NY: Gentleman Brawlers, a Brooklyn 6-Piece fronted by the creative duo Matt Walsh and Becca Fox, are psychedelic Afro-soul revivalists known for infusing throwback electronica and acid rock into their funk-based compositions. The ‘Brawlers deliver a live show with plenty of heat, crackling energy, and butt-shaking whomp. While working on the tracks for their next full-length LP (due October 2023), the ‘Brawlers have honed their live show on college campuses and the festival circuit.

Notable performances took place at Brooklyn Bowl (opened for Cimafunk and Grammy award-winning artists Fantastic Negrito and Los Amigos Invisibles), 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, Westylvania Jazz & Blues Festival (headliner), Daryl’s House, Princeton University’s storied Terrace F. Club, Bethlehem’s Musikfest, WNYC’s The Greene Space, The McKittrick Hotel (home of Sleep No More), Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory, and recently an in-studio appearance on WBEZ Chicago (home of NPR’s Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me and This American Life).

Adventurous art-pop experimenters by trade, the band recently expanded their lineup and narrowed their focus to create a live music project dedicated to just one of the sonic ventures hinted on previous recordings—the Lagos-by-way-of-Brooklyn Afrobeat sound of their single My Theory—and began performing in NYC jazz & world music clubs as the Gentleman Brawlers Afrobeat Project.

The band has drawn acclaim in the New York and London music press. They were brought to the attention of the Internet when Veteran BBC music writer Tom Robinson tipped them as a band showing great promise, calling the ‘Brawlers “a virtuoso live band, grooving together like a beautifully engineered machine.”

Formed in 2011, the group consists of Becca Fox (vocals/keys), “Chatty Matty” Walsh (vocals/guitar), Jeremy Warren (drums), Trevor Brown (bass), Oskar Stenmark (trumpet), and Xavier Del Castillo (saxophone). Their first single “I Ain’t No Brian Wilson (I Was Made For These Times)” appeared on Occupy This Album, a musical tribute to the Occupy movement. The following year the band dropped an EP, We Were Made For These Times, on the band’s own Brooklyn Fields imprint. Since then, the band has been a stylish presence on the tour and festival circuit and will release their next full-length LP in October 2023.
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℗ 2023 Brooklyn Fields
01-12-2023
Don't Treat Me Like An Option
01
Don't Treat Me Like An Option
Gentleman Brawlers
Don't Treat Me Like An Option
03:05
Writer: Matt Julian Guadalupe Walsh / Composers: Matt Julian Guadalupe Walsh
02
Show Me Love
Gentleman Brawlers
Don't Treat Me Like An Option
03:09
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
03
Power Surges
Gentleman Brawlers
Don't Treat Me Like An Option
04:12
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
04
Hit Snooze
Gentleman Brawlers
Don't Treat Me Like An Option
03:25
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh - Lynne Fox / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
05
Permanent Waves
Gentleman Brawlers
Don't Treat Me Like An Option
05:12
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
℗ 2023 Brooklyn Fields
27-06-2023
Power Surges (Richard Norris Remixes)
01
Power Surges (Richard Norris Remix)
Gentleman Brawlers
Power Surges (Richard Norris Remixes)
06:36
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
02
Power Surges (Richard Norris Remix Edit)
Gentleman Brawlers
Power Surges (Richard Norris Remixes)
04:10
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
03
Power Surges (Richard Norris Remix Instrumental)
Gentleman Brawlers
Power Surges (Richard Norris Remixes)
06:36
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
04
Power Surges
Gentleman Brawlers
Power Surges (Richard Norris Remixes)
04:12
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
℗ 2023 Brooklyn Fields
28-04-2023
Power Surges
01
Power Surges
Gentleman Brawlers
Power Surges
04:12
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
02
Show Me Love
Gentleman Brawlers
Power Surges
03:09
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
03
Hit Snooze
Gentleman Brawlers
Power Surges
03:25
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh - Lynne Fox / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
04
Permanent Waves
Gentleman Brawlers
Power Surges
05:12
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
Brooklyn Fields
13-10-2020
My Thing Remix EP
01
My Thing (Maria Caputo Remix)
Gentleman Brawlers
My Thing Remix EP
02:56
Writer: Matthew Walsh / Composers: Matthew Walsh
02
My Thing (Conor T. L. Sullivan Remix)
Gentleman Brawlers
My Thing Remix EP
03:45
Writer: Matthew Walsh / Composers: Matthew Walsh
03
My Thing (Kon Boogie Remix)
Gentleman Brawlers
My Thing Remix EP
02:32
Writer: Matthew Walsh / Composers: Matthew Walsh
04
My Thing (Tom Holli Remix)
Gentleman Brawlers
My Thing Remix EP
03:49
Writer: Matthew Walsh / Composers: Matthew Walsh
05
My Thing (Draniods Remix)
Gentleman Brawlers
My Thing Remix EP
04:31
Writer: Matthew Walsh / Composers: Matthew Walsh
06
My Thing (Mooskke Nu Disco Remix)
Gentleman Brawlers
My Thing Remix EP
06:18
Writer: Matthew Walsh / Composers: Matthew Walsh
Singles
℗ 2024 Brooklyn Fields
12-07-2024
Was That All It Was
01
Was That All It Was
Gentleman Brawlers
Was That All It Was
02:51
Writer: Jerry Butler - John Usry Jr - Linda Iris Conlon
℗ 2023 Brooklyn Fields
22-03-2023
Show Me Love
01
Show Me Love
Gentleman Brawlers
Show Me Love
03:09
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
02
Hit Snooze
Gentleman Brawlers
Show Me Love
03:25
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh - Lynne Fox / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
℗ 2023 Brooklyn Fields
22-02-2023
Hit Snooze
01
Hit Snooze
Gentleman Brawlers
Hit Snooze
03:25
Writer: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh - Rebecca Lynne Fox / Composers: Matt Julian - Guadalupe Walsh
Brooklyn Fields
15-01-2021
Permanent Waves (feat. Josh Salt)
01
Permanent Waves (feat. Josh Salt)
Gentleman Brawlers
Permanent Waves (feat. Josh Salt)
05:12
Writer: Matt Julian Guadalupe Walsh / Composers: Matt Julian Guadalupe Walsh
Brooklyn Fields
17-07-2020
My Thing
01
My Thing
Gentleman Brawlers
My Thing
03:12
Writer: Matthew Walsh / Composers: Matthew Walsh
2019 Gentleman Brawlers
17-12-2019
The Bullet
01
The Bullet
Gentleman Brawlers
The Bullet
03:59
Composers: Matthew Julian Guadalupe Walsh
2017 Gentleman Brawlers
25-04-2017
Can't Always
01
Can't Always
Gentleman Brawlers
Can't Always
03:47
Composers: Matthew Julian Guadalupe Walsh
2014 Matt Walsh
18-03-2014
My Theory
01
My Theory
Gentleman Brawlers
My Theory
04:08
Composers: Matthew Julian Guadalupe Walsh
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2016 Various Artists
31-12-2016
Run Hundred Tracks
01
Guilty to You
Bared Wives
Run Hundred Tracks
02:00
02
No One Decides to Die
Planet Veronika
Run Hundred Tracks
01:06
03
As If This Morning Never Happened
Let's Pretend
Run Hundred Tracks
02:00
04
The Wind Through Her Hair
The Keyhole
Run Hundred Tracks
00:53
05
A Feast for the Falls
Billionaire Crows
Run Hundred Tracks
01:06
06
The Devil You Know
Miss Prym and Her Choir
Run Hundred Tracks
00:53
07
The Lions of the Mind
Chuck Lucerne
Run Hundred Tracks
02:00
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