Monkey House - Remember The Audio

ALMA RECORDS

£17.55

Cat. no: ACD62422
Format: CD
Barcode: 880504624229
Release Date: 26 Aug 2022
Genre: Jazz

To mark their 30th anniversary, Monkey House presents their most accomplished and exciting set yet, Remember The Audio, on which Breithaupt is joined by his A-List wrecking crew of Mark Kelso on drums, Pat Kilbride on bass, Justin Abedin on guitar, and guests including trumpeters Randy Brecker, Guido Basso and Michael Leonhart (Steely Dan), guitarist Drew Zingg (Boz Scaggs), and singers Lucy Woodward Snarky Puppy) and David Blamires (Pat Metheny)

After years of fuid lineups, Breithaupt says he had an epiphany back in 2011 while rounding up the usual suspects to make Headquarters: "Hey, wouldn't it be nice if this coalesced into a steady band?"

Breithaupt had already written most of the music on Remember The Audio pre-COVID, but he fgures "at least half of the lyrics were written in the spring of 2020, after the world shut down."

"I'll cop to the end- times theme," says Breithaupt over Zoom from his Santa Monica studio. "Will the last one out of L.A. kill the light, etc. The music isn't downbeat at all, but under the shiny surface and the hooks… That's why Mose Allison's 'Ever Since The World Ended' ft right in. I thought it would be a good
coda for the album because it's fatalistic, but it's also really funny and not too heavy."

Monkey House make pop for people who aren't afraid of jazz, and vice- versa. Remember The Audio is sophisticated pop for now people, and a new high-water mark in Monkey House's musical journey.

Tracks: The Future Is Almost Gone / Remember The Audio / New York Owes You Nothing / We Will Meet Again / Skin In The Game / Before You And After / Major Minor / Last Days Of Pompeii / Do Whatcha Gonna Do / Let Jenny Be Jenny / Ever Since The World Ended