On July 19 Function Mannequin launched his sophomore album “Kansas Anymore” and shortly adopted up the occasion with a sold-out present at Los Angeles’ The Troubadour in West Hollywood.
The musician, born Tucker Pillsbury, has been on a gradual rise since releasing his first EP in 2017 and signing with Interscope Information in 2018. His first album, “Rx,” got here in 2022 and was all about falling in love. Lower to 2024 and the connection had ended, which, fortunately for followers, resulted in a brand new report.
This fall he’ll hit the highway with Gracie Abrams, however within the meantime celebrated his album’s launch at The Troubadour. He documented his first time setting foot on the famed stage (which was marked with a “pre-show stretch, I suppose”), his soundcheck (“Pretending to know easy methods to play guitar on stage now”) and a second backstage with Lizzy McAlpine (“LOOK AT THAT WOMAN”) who’s featured on the “Kansas Anymore” track “So Far Gone.”
Previous to hitting the stage he listened to The Warfare on Medicine and joked round together with his band.
“I really like my band a lot, I feel it’s uncommon for artists to have any type of bond with their band, however we now have been by means of it collectively and gotten very shut,” he says. “I really like these boys.”
The West Hollywood present was his first time performing in over a yr.
“I used to be somewhat nervous strolling out, to be sincere,” he says. That stated, the nerves shortly went away when he met with the followers’ response.
“Performing these songs stay for the primary time was one thing else,” he says. “How they knew all of the phrases to the brand new album in a matter of 4 days is past me. I really like them.”
