× The Yawpers hit Europe hard with their brand new album "Human Question"

The Yawpers hit Europe hard with their brand new album "Human Question"

19-05-2019

Through 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 

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