Beastie Boys’ Mike D has launched his first track as a solo artist, “Swap Up.” The track, which was produced by the band and Carter Lang, is the primary new music from any singular Beastie Boy since 2011’s Sizzling Sauce Committee Half Two. Test it out beneath.
“Swap Up” started as an experiment in Mike D’s dwelling studio, throughout periods along with his sons, Davis and Skyler Diamond, who carry out because the indie-dance duo Very Good Particular person. The Diamond brothers introduced their dad onstage for a shock present on April 11, delivering renditions of Beastie Boys songs like “Wanting Down the Barrel of a Gun” and “So What’cha Need.”
Mike D hasn’t carried out with the Beastie Boys since his bandmate Adam “MCA” Yauch died in 2012. The group, nonetheless, has continued to cement their legacy with vinyl reissues, a best hits album, a Spike Jonze-directed documentary, and even an official sq. in New York, on the nook of Ludlow and Rivington the place the Paul’s Boutique cowl was shot.
Mike D will mark the discharge of his new track with just a few exhibits later this month, together with two dates at Ne York curler rink Xanadu Curler Arts on Might 22 and 23. He’ll additionally play at Sid the Cat Auditorium in South Pasadena, California on Might 10.
