PIGEONS & PLANES and BIG.ASS.KIDS ANNOUNCE SEE YOU NEXT YEAR 2
Paris Texas, Kenny Mason, Billy Lemos Join Forces For
"Big Bank"
See You Next Year 2 Artist Class:
Kenny Mason
Paris Texas
Monte Booker
skaiwater
King Isis
Binki
Billy Lemos
AG Club
ICECOLDBISHOP
Deb Never
Chase Plato
Love Spells
Hamond
Compilation Album Releasing March 29, 2024
January 12, 2024 New York, NY – Pigeons & Planes and indie label Big.Ass.Kids are set to release See You Next Year 2 via Warner Music Group’s ADA Worldwide. It's an eccentric compilation album of hip-hop, alternative, and indie music, featuring Kenny Mason, Paris Texas, Monte Booker and other buzzing artists to watch. It follows See You Next Year 1 which was executive produced by Mike Dean, featuring Teezo Touchdown and Fana Hues who both went on to have breakout years in 2023. The collection of songs were recorded at the iconic Shangri-La Studio owned by renowned producer Rick Rubin. The album is slated to be released on March 29, while the lead single, "Big Bank" by Paris Texas, Kenny Mason, and Billy Lemos has been released alongside the announcement today, January 12.
"Big Bank" is a synth heavy track with punching verses and a short, yet captivating hook that anchors the entire song. Duo Paris Texas take on the opening and closing verses, blending seamlessly sonically. Kenny Mason leads on the hook and middle verse. Kenny can be heard switching between his high energy cadence and melancholy heavy drawl. Billy Lemos handled production and brought his instrument heavy sound to execute the track's alternative hip-hop vibe. The song is energetic and toes the line between a banger and mid tempo track.
See You Next Year is an annual emerging artist discovery platform and multi-tiered campaign created by Pigeons & Planes and Big.Ass.Kids. See You Next Year champions the selected artists through the next phase of their careers by sharing storytelling, live performance moments, exclusive content and editorial support throughout the campaign. Fans will get a behind-the-scenes look at the Shangri-La recording sessions for SYNY 2 through video, editorial, and social content over the next months.
About Paris Texas:
Since joining forces in the late 2010s, the members of Paris Texas, Louie Pastel and Felix, have crafted some of hip-hop’s most singularly confounding songs—and accompanied them with videos that are at once narratively clever and hallucinatory, a rush of nostalgia and invention at once. After earning national acclaim with Boy Anonymous and Red Hand Akimbo, two brief but essential drops from 2021, Paris Texas began pushing even further—becoming more musically adventurous and radically honest, their work a natural extension of their drive to unsettle listeners and subvert expectations. Filtered through songs that are rough and serrated or pulsing and playful, this ethos—of commitment to whatever fee.
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About Billy Lemos:
At 25 years old, Billy Lemos pieces together songs instinctively, understanding genres not for what they are but what he thinks they could be. Lemos' path as a producer began in his bedroom as a teenager in the early 2010s, first dabbling in dubstep before he found the burgeoning lofi beat scene in 2016. From there, Lemos arrived at a hybrid sound that straddled that world and the indie pop terrain of his favorites like Dirty Projectors, Steve Lacy, and Vampire Weekend (Rostam would later handpick Lemos to remix his 2021 track "From the Back of the Cab"). With his 2020 debut LP, Wonder, he formalized the collective aspect of his craft working with a number of featured artists, and with his 2023 EP Control Freak, he furthered it fully and tangibly.
Billy Lemos Online:
About Kenny Mason:
Kenny first broke out in the rap space in 2019 with his buzzing single “Hit,” which catapulted him from Atlanta’s underground DIY scene to the national spotlight. As Kenny continued to release more music, he became increasingly known for his versatility and unique sound. His bars and genre-bending abilities that incorporates elements of 90’s punk, grunge, hip-hop and more, sets him apart from the rest. Kenny Mason has received critical acclaim from press, being included on The FADER, Entertainment Weekly and more in addition to features with Rolling Stone, XXL, VMAN and FLAUNT. His 2019 single “G.O.A.T.” was also featured in season one of HBO’s hit show, Euphoria. Kenny released his debut album Angelic Hoodrat in 2020, followed by the alternative version Angelic Hoodrat: Supercut in 2021. The latter expanded upon the themes he set forth on the original debut album, showcasing his sweeping vocal range and well-earned reputation for stretching beyond the confines of rap.
Kenny Mason Online:
