Punch Brothers follow the success of their recent Caramoor appearance with three shows in Michigan later this week. The Associated Press says their new album, "Antifogmatic, has more range than your average bluegrass album. There’s an old-time feel to some songs. But several songs have a progressive feel that rises above genre limitations." Spinner looks at producer Jon Brion's role in bringing the band's unique acoustic sound to disc.
Punch Brothers, following their successful set at Caramoor's inaugural "American Roots, New Shoots" series, a concert the New York Times called "supremely entertaining," are due to play the BayView Festival at the Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey, Michigan, this Thursday. It's the first of three successive shows in the state this week. For more tour information, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
The Associated Press recently spoke with Punch Brothers front man Chris Thile about the band and their latest Nonesuch release, Antifogmatic. AP writer Chris Talbott recognizes that, while the band's all-acoustic instrumentation may lead some to see them as a bluegrass band, the new album proves that they're "not the average bluegrass band," as the article is titled. Just "listen closer to the group’s second album, Antifogmatic," Talbott suggests, "and you’ll find there’s something different going on here."
In his introduction to the interview with Thile, Talbott explains: "Antifogmatic has more range than your average bluegrass album. There’s an old-time feel to some songs. But several songs have a progressive feel that rises above genre limitations." He credits the collaborative nature of the writing process behind the new album with "leading to that varied sound."
Read the complete AP article and interview, available through news.yahoo.com.
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Thile also spoke with Spinner about Antifogmatic, talking to the site's Michael D. Ayers about working on the album with famed producer Jon Brion, who proved to be just the person to bring the band's acoustic sound to disc.
Spinner describes the album as "a booze-inspired collection of orchestral-pop-tinged psych-bluegrass songs." The band "benefited from Brion's expertise in getting the clarity of the instruments to stand out, maybe more so than others in the genre," writes Ayers. "The group's sound is highlighted by Thile's mandolin abilities, where at times he's extremely delicate on tracks such as 'Missy' and 'Alex,' but pushes the instrument's boundaries on the winding 'Welcome Home.'"
Read more and hear what Thile has to say about working with Brion at spinner.com.
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