The Beastie Boys released a new album? Not quite. It’s true that hearing the flow and voices of Joey Valence & Brae, you’d swear you were hearing MCA and Ad Rock. The members of the American duo are younger than the album “Ill Communication” released 30 years ago but are already opening for Sum 41 and Limp Bizkit. In addition, they have just released their second album “NO HANDS”. But who are they?
It is in 2021 on TikTok that Joey Bertolino and Braedan Lugue will find their audience. Their songs “Crank it up”, “Double Jump” and even “Underground Sound” quickly become viral hits on social networks and the stream counters go crazy. A meteoric rise specific to the artists of the new generation, even if looking at them, we can only think of the 90s-2000s with their old school visual aesthetic, their clothing style, their schoolboy attitude but also and above all their appearance “Do It Yourself” specific to the punk scene. Because yes, Joey Valence & Brae is also self-production from A to Z, from the music to the clips made with nothing to the aspects of mastered “I don’t care”.
