{"id":33348,"date":"2026-10-02T15:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=33348"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:31:25","slug":"jungle-by-night-tease-upcoming-album-with-first-single-something-about-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=33348","title":{"rendered":"Jungle By Night tease upcoming album with first single &#8216;Something About Something&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_33349\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33349\" src=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/JBN-Bar-Dancing-Laura-van-der-Spek.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"582\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Laura van der Spek<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Formed in 2009, globetrotting Amsterdam collective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.junglebynight.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jungle by Night<\/a> are a six-piece powerhouse comprising Bo Floor (trumpet), Ko Zandvliet (trombone, vocals), Jac van Exter (guitar), Pyke Pasman (organ and keyboards), Tienson Smeets (congas, djembe and percussion) and Sonny Groeneveld (drums). Famously called \u201cthe future of Afrobeat\u201d by Femi and Seun Kuti, Jungle by Night have earned a reputation for firing, high-energy live shows that turn into dance parties, and that hasn&#8217;t changed in 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The band has just announced their highly anticipated seventh studio album, <em>Bar Dancing<\/em>, dropping on February 5th through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rushhour.nl\/\">Rush Hour<\/a>. Previously an instrumental band, the forthcoming album sees them incorporating vocals for the very first time. Spanning a wide spectrum of genres, on <em>Bar Dancing<\/em> they blend their signature bright horns and analogue dance grooves with resonant lyrics that reflect on digital burnout, disinformation and doomscrolling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">February seems like a long way away but they have already shared the album&#8217;s euphoric, galvanizing and infectious lead single, &#8216;Something About Something&#8217;. Speaking about the track, the band shares:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cIt\u2019s so sad that a lot of very bright people are working really hard to keep us addicted to our phones all the time. We know it\u2019s bad for our health and wellbeing. No one is happy after spending hours on social media. It\u2019s nearly impossible to stay away from it cause these companies are constantly adding new tricks and lay outs etcetera to keep you engaged. Of course there are interesting, funny and nice things to take in but the majority of what you see is also some kind of noise and doesn\u2019t really add anything. It\u2019s just \u2018something about something\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We&#8217;ll keep our ears peeled for more. Now listen to &#8216;Something About Something&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3854895578\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=3467237831\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/junglebynight.bandcamp.com\/album\/bar-dancing\">Bar Dancing by Jungle By Night<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formed in 2009, globetrotting Amsterdam collective Jungle by Night are a six-piece powerhouse comprising Bo Floor (trumpet), Ko Zandvliet (trombone, vocals), Jac van Exter (guitar), Pyke Pasman (organ and keyboards), Tienson Smeets (congas, djembe and percussion) and Sonny Groeneveld (drums). Famously called \u201cthe future of Afrobeat\u201d by Femi and Seun Kuti, Jungle by Night have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3633],"class_list":["post-33348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-jungle-by-night"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33348"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33358,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33348\/revisions\/33358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}