
The Yawpers hit Europe hard with their brand new album "Human Question"
19-05-2019Through their first three albums, The Yawpers divined a signature style -what Pitchfork described as “an expansive vision of rock ‘n’ roll, one that cherrypicks from various folk traditions: punk, rockabilly, blues, whatever they might have on hand or find in the trash.” The sound is a front-heavy, groovy, fire & brimstone punk-blues overlying a dynamic and metaphysical roots rock. On their fourth album Human Question, the Denver trio zooms out to a more vast and accessible stylistic and spiritual universe. The 38-minute thrill ride generates growth and cathartic self-reflection for audience and performer alike. If there was justice in this world, the Yawpers would be the savior that rock-n-roll didn’t know it was waiting for.
Following their critically acclaimed and meticulously plotted concept album Boy in a Well (set in World War I France, concerning a mother who abandoned her unwanted newborn), the Yawpers created Human Question with a contrasting immediacy. Lead singer and guitarist Nate Cook writes his way out of trauma, rather than wallowing in it, as was his self-destructive formula in the past. The self-reflection engages the band’s trademark dangerous, emotionally fraught choogle, and the listener is constantly kept on edge, not knowing when to brace for a bombastic impact or lean back and enjoy the ride.
Human Question isn’t meant for the meek or casual listener. It will make you dance, mosh, sing along, and dig deep into your soul. Some people lament that rock-n-roll is dead. They just haven’t heard the Yawpers yet. The Yawpers will be over for a full European tour starting in May and running all the way till the end of June:
24/05: Den Haag (NL) @ Sniester Festival
25/05: London (UK) @ The Fiddler
26/05: Glasgow (UK) @ Broadcast
27/05: Hull (UK) @ O Rileys
28/05: Leicester (UK) @ Duffy`s Bar
29/05: Diss (UK) @ Burston Crown
30/05: Ospel (NL) @ Mijl Op Zeven
31/05: Middelburg (NL) @ Kaffee `t Hof
01/06: Amsterdam (NL) @ Q-Factory
05/06: Groningen (NL) @ Vera
06/06: Hamburg (DE) @ Nochtspeicher
07/06: Beverungen (DE) @ Orange Blossom Special
08/06: Dresden (DE) @ Beatpol
09/06: Berlin (DE) @ Monarch
11/06: Zürich (CH) @ Ziegel Oh Lac
12/06: Munich (DE) @ Sunny Red
13/06: Karlsruhe (DE) @ Substage Café
14/06: Schwäbisch Gmünd (DE) @ KKF Bar
15/06: Hof (DE) @ In.Die.Musik Festival
16/06: Hummelo (NL) @ Mañana Mañana
18/06: Bourg-en-Bresse (FR) @ La Tannerie
19/06: Décines-Charpieu (FR) @ Warm Audio
21/06: Belgrade (SB) @ Bad Music Boogaloo
22/06: Kladovo (SB) @ Border Rock
23/06: Novi Sad (SER) @ Foxtrot
25/06: Torino (IT) @ Blah Blah
26/06: Milan (IT) @ Ligera
28/06: Riegsee (DE) @ Raut Oak Fest
29/06: Frankfurt (DE) @ Brotfabrik
30/06: Waardamme (BE) @ Muddy Roots Europe