Founded in Brooklyn, NY, STANDING ON THE CORNER (est. 2015) is a music recording group whose work moves fluidly between performance, film, installation, and sound.

Rooted in the cultural exchange between the USA, Puerto Rico, and Africa, the project machinates an intersection between soul, punk, salsa, doo-wop, jazz, funk, avant-garde, and rap traditions, filtered through a distinctly New York sensibility.

On SOTC “II” the New York outfit channels its philosophy into a 15-track album recorded by bandleader Gio Escobar, core collaborators Jack “Moonjohn” Nolan, Buz “Manman” Donald, and Clérida “Ca$h Clay” Eltime, alongside special guest hustlers Solange, Danny Brown, Styles P and more.

The result is a tense, genre-defacing record that exists between fried psychedelia, rock-n-roll, no-wave rap, r&b, and post-hardcore energy.