Rocky and The Pressers + Fire Department Club (from Brazil) w/ Cousin Earth

Rocky and The Pressers is a seven piece contemporary reggae band based in The Bronx, New York. The Pressers refresh the traditional genre tropes with lush vocal harmonies and flares of American folk, jazz and soul music. In crafting the thirteen original compositions for their debut album, Dance At The Playhouse, they expand into the orchestral palette by enlisting veteran horn players from Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings and Antibalas, and gifted violinists The Villalobos Brothers. This additional musicianship along with their vocal arrangements and altruistic lyrics, results in a sound that is rhythmically rooted and easily identifiable as reggae that satisfies, even delights the most ardent of purists. Rocky and The Pressers sing about what they know and take loving care of a musical style, often misappropriated in the wrong hands.


With 2 released EP's, Fire Department Club had the opportunity to open for The Kooks and Kasabian in Lollapalooza Brazil Sideshows 2015. The band also performed at the select NME Club live sessions. Now, after signing a deal with the Californian Indie Label Sonovibe Records, FDC will be performing at the CMJ Music Marathon to kick start their very first tour in the U.S.