The upcoming debut LP from Winnipeg psychedelic jazz-funk collective Apollo Suns, Departures, finds the band evolving across new styles and moods, encompassing the shifting tides of the pandemic years. Produced by Juno award-winning producer Ben Kaplan (Bootsy Collins, Five Alarm Funk), Departures is a cinematic journey inspired as much by artists like Goblin, Lettuce, and Frank Zappa as film, TV and video game scores and soundtracks.
Hard Time finds the band incorporated some jazzy swing into the solo section, dense horn counter melodies and harmonies and a bari solo that just rips. 'The song title is inspired by the hard times we as a band were experiencing and how we made it through the tunnel of those days."