We recently had the distinct honor of checking out the new record “Crumbs For The Sun” from Boston based psych-grunge and alt-rock band The Rupert Selection

You can check out “Crumbs For The Sun” on Spotify Here and on Apple Music Here

The Rupert Selection are more than just a band , they are 3 musicians (Reilly Somach (vocals and guitar), Sam Bouvé (bass and additional vocals), and Peter W. Bartash drums) who are highly skilled sound architects that have crafted an absolute work of art with “Crumbs For The Sun”

From the first note on “Astronauts “ and all the way through to “Unbroken “ The Rupert Selection, does not take their foot off the gas for one minute. “Crumbs For The Sun “ is the musical experience, you have been waiting for

The culmination of more than two years of creativity, Crumbs For The Sun displays The Rupert Selection as the band it was always meant to be, fueled by a locked-in lineup of founder Reilly Somach (vocals and guitar), Sam Bouvé (bass and additional vocals), and Peter W. Bartash (drums). Across its seven tracks, buoyed by an overarching lyrical theme of how unforgiving and fleeting life is, the band’s penchant for brash melodicism, seismic power riffs, and cruising-altitude rock and roll help concoct their dynamic sound and translate it from the stage to the record. The band celebrates the album with a release party on November 24 at The Cabot Theatre’s Off Cabot venue in Beverly.

A string of four singles dating back to last fall, all of which appear on the album, helped the band earn a nomination of Rock Artist of the Year in the 2023 Boston Music Awards. Those singles (“Astronauts,” “Then Again,” “I Saw God,” and “Taking Turns”) are paired with three new songs – “Come Along,” “What You Said,” and album closer “Unbroken” – to round out Crumbs for the Sun, an apt title for a record where the pieces come together to create something uniformly impactful.

“The title has been kicking around for years and we all agreed it just felt right for this one early on,” says Somach. “Since this album was recorded at different places and at different times, it now feels like a collection of snapshots that, when together, tell the story of the last two years. Scattered crumbs that build to something bigger.”

Writing for the album began under a pandemic haze in the spring of 2021, and with studio time earned from a finals appearance at the 2019 Rock & Roll Rumble, Boston’s vaunted World Series of Boston rock, they linked up with Kyle Paradis at New Alliance Audio in Somerville and then Brighton’s Zippah Studios with producer and mixer Brian Charles.

A fire at Zippah Studios in late 2021 did not deter Charles from continuing work with the band, leading to recording sessions around the Boston area, including Allston’s Mad Oak Studios and Q Division in Cambridge, before putting the finishing touches at Charles’ newly-minted digs, Cambridge’s Rare Signals. It was an unexpected journey, but one that helped the band create the record they wanted to make, especially with Bouvé and Bartash, who both joined after the writing and recording of 2019 album Priors, solidifying their lineup and sound.

We found ourselves getting blissfully lost in the spectacular overall sound of “Crumbs For The Sun “ We loved the melodic and sonic force of “I Saw God “ and marveled at the sheer beauty of “Come Along “

You can’t go wrong with “Crumbs For The Sun” from The Rupert Selection, it is simply magnificent.