B-Side Guys

There’s something undeniably magnetic about blues music that doesn’t try to sanitize life’s messier emotions. On “Bucket List,” Hamburg outfit WellBad embrace this tradition with a track that pulses with the unrefined electricity of early romance.

As the fourth single from their forthcoming album “Oyster & Pearl” (due May 23), “Bucket List” serves as both time machine and confession booth. The band strips away pretense to deliver what they describe as a “very personal song, which tells of nostalgia, passion and the one all-important love.” What emerges isn’t a polished retrospective but rather a gritty celebration of love’s chaotic inception.

WellBad’s approach to Americana and blues feels distinctly European in execution – there’s a reverence for the traditional forms coupled with a willingness to push against conventional boundaries. The driving blues grooves provide the perfect foundation for their unvarnished storytelling, creating a musical landscape where vulnerability doesn’t sacrifice intensity.

“Let’s roll! Peace and Luv guys!” serves as both band motto and philosophical approach to their craft. This enthusiasm permeates “Bucket List,” transforming what could be mere nostalgia into something urgent and present. By revisiting “the wild beginnings of a great love story,” WellBad reminds us that looking backward sometimes requires the most courage of all – especially when examining the unfiltered moments that ultimately defined us.

As “Oyster & Pearl” approaches its full release, “Bucket List” suggests WellBad understands that within life’s rough exteriors often hide the most precious revelations.