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He’s done it again

F*** that job!!

The Passionate Ones is the second album by Nourished By Time, and his first released through XL Recordings, following his 2024 EP Catching Chickens. Crafted between Baltimore, London, and NYC, The Passionate Ones is a sermon, a twelve-track catharsis, howled from the underbelly of late-stage capitalism, a blueprint for building your own altar in the ruins of the American Dream. The album showcases Marcus Brown’s singular sound, shaped by his hometown of Baltimore’s rich and eclectic musical heritage where jazz, punk, indie, hip hop, electronic and R&B collide in raw harmony. On The Passionate Ones, Brown tackles love, labor, existentialism, dreams, disillusionment, and hope through the lens of metamodernism, documenting an American story of an artist exploring creativity to keep himself afloat while he follows his dreams.

nourishedbytime.bandcamp.com/album/the-passionate-ones

"Automatic Love" and "When The War Is Over" sound like songs that I need immediately. And the title track we've heard a bit of, of course

The Passionate Ones understand the difference between work and exploitation. Work is not inherently evil. Work gives us art.

The Passionate Ones can’t bring themselves to mock prayer

The Passionate Ones are neither democrats nor republicans.

TPO was written in Baltimore, London and NYC

The cover red because the last one was blue

12 songs

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TPO SEASON

REAL MUSIC.

WHEWWWW

That cover is so nice

He did it again

he's so locked in bro

yesss

My f***ing GOAT

tour 🔜

yes pls

This is what's being reported so far but the U.S. dates are festival spots, so guessing there's more to come.

Friday, May 16 – San Diego, CA – Wonderfront Music Festival

Sunday, May 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Block Party

Saturday, May 31 – Istanbul, TR – Saloon IKSV

Monday, June 2 – Paris, FR – Hasard Ludlique

Wednesday, June 4 – Lisbon, PT – ZDB

Thursday, June 5 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound

Sunday, June 8 – New York, NY – Governor’s Ball Music Festival

Thursday, July 31 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza

Sunday, August 10 – San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival

Saturday, November 1 – Turin, IT – Club to Club

This is The Passionate Ones. It’s not an album. It’s a sermon. A twelve-track exorcism howled from the underbelly of late- stage capitalism, written, produced, and conjured entirely by Marcus Brown. This ain’t soul revival. This is soul revenge. Crafted between London, New York City, and Baltimore—each city leaving fingerprints on the sound—The Passionate Ones channels Marcus’s global process with local truth. Born and raised in Baltimore, Brown’s work is profoundly shaped by the city’s rich and eclectic musical heritage, where jazz, punk, indie, hip hop, and R&B collide in raw, genre-fluid harmony. You can hear it in the tension and release, the way the tracks slip between worlds and histories.

The Passionate Ones is a scream at the billboard promise of success: It was never the car that was the lie—it was the idea that you’d ever get to drive it. And Marcus Brown knows it. He’s not whispering revolution. He’s crying through a busted speaker with blood on the woofer.

Each track hits like a confession soaked in gasoline. One of the standout moments comes on the eighth track “Jojo,” featuring a vocal appearance by UK producer and vocalist Tony Bontana. His presence is haunting, grounding the song in a quiet power that amplifies the album’s spiritual undercurrent without softening its fire.

This isn’t just heartbreak. This is class solidarity sung through a cracked molar. Brown’s voice burns as it soothes. Like that good medicine. And through the smoke, we see ourselves: overworked, underpaid, and refusing to go numb. This record isn’t background noise. It’s a boot to the teeth of resignation. It’s love without capitalism. Faith without churches. Labor without applause. It’s a blueprint for building your own altar in the ruins of the American Dream.

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Aye these summaries going hard. Lol

"This ain't soul revival. This is soul revenge."

New avi dope. Keeping yo ear to the STREETS

I like the cartoonish goofiness of it. Thanks friend!

I like the way the drums sound in my ear