Pep Talks
[United States] : Cletus the Van Records, [2019]
Format: Music CD
Description: 1 audio disc (57 min., 48 sec.) : CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
On their third full-length, Pep Talks, quirky Nashville trio Judah & the Lion continue to explore the boundaries laid out on their self-descriptive 2016 breakout, Folk Hop n' Roll. Led by singer/guitarist Judah Akers along with mandolinist Brian Macdonald and banjo player Nate Zuercher, the band emerged out of Belmont University's folk scene in 2012, briefly positioning themselves as a worship band before turning to a particularly vibrant secular approach that mixed soaring indie folk, bluegrass, pop, electronica, and hip-hop. Their sense of uplift and defiance has remained a throughline in each of their releases and is the guiding focus of 2019's Pep Talks. Over 17 pop-heavy tracks, Judah and his crew hit nearly every song hard with a combination of rafter-rattling folk choruses, pounding pop rhythms, emo-tinged raps, myriad confusing flourishes, and an unwaveringly earnest tone that colors each genre they manage to cram into a single track. ~ Timothy Monger
Contents:
Pep talk (2:34) -- Quarter-life crisis (3:38) -- Why did you run? (3:53) -- I'm OK (3:45) -- Pictures / (feat. Kacey Musgraves) (4:13) -- Over my head (3:15) -- Queen songs/Human (8:00) -- Don't mess with my mama (3:04) -- 7000x (2:55) -- Alright (frick it!) (2:44) -- Goofballerz (2:49) -- Joyboy (2:24) -- Passion fashion / (feat. Jon Bellion) (3:23) -- Dance with ya (3:58) -- Family/Best is yet to come (4:00) -- Sportz (3:13) -- 17 (3:08).
UPC: 701822919821
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Title from disc label.
All tracks composed by Judah & the Lion, except for "Sportz" by Matthew Delsi, Riley Hutchins, Chad Mitchell; "17" by Trey Elsik.
Compact disc.
Song lyrics printed on container insert.
Sound recording.
Produced by Drew Long, Daniel James, Judah Akers, Brian Macdonald, Nate Zuercher.
Judah & the Lion (Judah Akers, vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano ; Brian Macdonald, mandolin, mandocaster, piano, electric guitar, vocals ; Nate Zuercher, banjo, vocals).
Recorded The Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN ; Big Light Studios, Nashville, TN ; Omni Studios, Nashville, TN.
All tracks composed by Judah & the Lion, except for "Sportz" by Matthew Delsi, Riley Hutchins, Chad Mitchell; "17" by Trey Elsik.
Compact disc.
Song lyrics printed on container insert.
Sound recording.
Produced by Drew Long, Daniel James, Judah Akers, Brian Macdonald, Nate Zuercher.
Judah & the Lion (Judah Akers, vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano ; Brian Macdonald, mandolin, mandocaster, piano, electric guitar, vocals ; Nate Zuercher, banjo, vocals).
Recorded The Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN ; Big Light Studios, Nashville, TN ; Omni Studios, Nashville, TN.