The Progressive Underground Pick of the Week: Sunlight + Moonshine – Dean Beanz + The Faculty
The Progressive Underground Pick of the Week: Sunlight + Moonshine—a radiant, genre-blurring album from Dean Beanz + The Faculty. With elements of psychedelic soul, alt-R&B, Afrobeat, and jazz, the project is both expansive and elevating.
Dean Beanz, a Detroit producer, musician, and artist. Photo credit: Courtesy of Dean Beanz
This is Chris Campbell from The Progressive Underground with your Pick of the Week.
This week, we spotlight Sunlight + Moonshine, a lush and genre-blurring project from veteran producer and musician Dean Beanz, who joins forces with Detroit’s finest under the banner of The Faculty. Across 18 tracks, the album fuses psychedelic soul, alt-R&B, Afrobeat, jazz, and sun-drenched indie rock—delivering a sonic journey both expansive and elevating.
The title track features Dean Beanz’s poetic bars paired with radiant vocals from Gwenation, weaving together textured rhythms and melodic warmth.
Here it is—Sunlight + Moonshine by Dean Beanz + The Faculty, our Pick of the Week.
If sounds like this speak to you—vibrant, soulful, genre-bending—be sure to catch The Progressive Underground every Saturday at 6 p.m., where we explore future soul, nu-jazz, electronic gems, rare grooves and beyond.
I’m Chris Campbell. Thanks for listening, and until next time—peace.
