Youngblood Brass Band - 20 Questions EP (Vinyl 12" + MP3)
20 Questions is the first EP taken from the new Pax Volumi album, and includes 2 instrumental versions unreleased on the full album. The title track is a (slightly) tongue-in-cheek rallying cry for the band, its fans, and its detractors, somehow straddling the line between banger, anthem, and mockery. The unreleased instrumental version reveals all the intricacies of YBB's new production style, in a popping beat, displaced staccato horn parts, and a ripping middle section. 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' takes the band's new creative energy further, exploring darker timbres, different instrumentation (bass clarinet), vocals that swoop between sung, spoken word, and rap, coalescing into an epic rant that focuses on a twisted interpretation of the phonetic alphabet...that, or a scathing critique swaddled in a love letter to America. WTF is one of Youngblood's most adventurous songs to date, and the unreleased instrumental here allow the listener to wade in the depth of a deceptively simple arrangement. The EP closes with 'Overtime', a blazing nod toward New Orleans, with a chorus that practically screams 'put your hands way, way, way up'. This vinyl 12" includes MP3 download.
A:
1. 20 Questions
2. 20 Questions (instrumental)
B:
3. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
4. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (instrumental)
5. Overtime
Youngblood Brass Band is:
David Henzie-Skogen – drums/vocals/production
Nat McIntosh – sousaphone
Conor Elmes – drums
Tom Reschke – drums
Joe Goltz – trombone
Matt Hanzelka – trombone
Tony Barba – tenor saxophone (all songs) and bass clarinet (on
3, 6, 11)
Zach Lucas – alto saxophone (all songs) and tenor saxophone (on 2, 3, 8, 11)
Charley Wagner – trumpet
Mike Boman – trumpet
Jeff Maddern – trumpet (on 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12)
All tracks engineered/produced by David Henzie-Skogen at Layered Studios. Mixed by Beau Sorenson and David Henzie-Skogen at Soma Electronic Music Studios. Mastered by Jim Wilson Mastering. Copyright 2013 Tru Thoughts / Full Thought Publishing.