Kory Gregory of Prince Daddy & The Hyena stops by Inside Music to discuss his band’s latest record, Cosmic Thrill Seekers.
The vast majority of the music business relies on radio and promoted posts on social media to break talent, at least at first. Word of mouth is always a factor in longterm success, of course, but those with money to burn usually choose to do so through promotion. The exception is punk and alternative communities, which rely almost entirely on word of mouth, and there has been no finer example of a success story in recent years than that of Prince Daddy & The Hyena.
Prince Daddy & The Hyena hail from the middle of New York with a sound that nearly impossible to describe. The group, which is lead by Kory Gregory, fuses elements of punk and indie music to create a sound that challenges genre norms with elaborate songwriting and constant sonic risk taking. The resulting creation has been winning over audiences in clubs and basements for years, so much so, that the band’s fast-rising profile is largely attributed to the outpouring of support fans offer throughout social media and the music world. To say the group’s catalog has started a movement may be an overstatement, but if so, it’s only a slight one. Prince Daddy & The Hyena have tapped into that special place where fans see musicians as friends, and that kind of relationship can produce unstoppable results.
This month, Prince Daddy & The Hyena will release a new album entitled Cosmic Thrill Seekers through Counter Intuitive Records. The album has been in the works for years, and Gregory speaks of it as being the best thing he has been able to create as of yet in life. The material charts Gregory’s journey with mental health, but it also mirrors the story found in The Wizard of Oz. It’s a whirlwind release that he describes better than anyone else, which is (part of) the reason why we asked him to appear on our podcast this week. You can stream the latest episode of Inside Music below or anywhere you listen to podcasts.
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