posted August 21, 2020 #
The debut album from Nashville trio
The Prudish Few,
The Eagle Has Left the Building, is officially available today via my own
yk records. Streaming on
Spotify,
Apple Music,
YouTube Music and
anywhere else you like to stream. I recommend
Bandcamp of course but just listen to it!
The members of The Prudish Few have been in various bands around Nashville for as long as I can remember. Todd Kemp played in
The Carter Administration for... forever. Mike Shepherd and Jay Leo Phillips were both a part of
Apollo Up!- one of my all time favorites - as well as
Tower Defense and their own
solo album, respectively. All that is to say, I've been a devout fan of their individual work for almost 20 years. Hearing them come together in a new project feels familiar but also entirely fresh and new. It's pop rock but it's intricate in a way that is hard to articulate.
In a
recent interview with the band I quipped that they sound like "If They Might Be Giants and [D.C. math-pop trio] Faraquet got together." That's a niche comparison if ever there was one but I stand by it.
I really recommend that you just start at the top of the album and let it play through but if you need a recommended starting point that
isn't one of the previously released singles, give “
I Am From History” a whirl for some head-bopping elation or “
Aliver Than Ever” for a cool breeze on a brisk summer day.
Enjoy!
