ARTIST / BAND: ZOOKEEPER
SONG (MP3): TRUMPETS
ALBUM: Becoming All Things
FILE UNDER: Indie / Melodramatic Popular Song
Label: BELLECITYPOP!
INFO: After disbanding post-punk emo progenitor Mineral just after the band signed to a major, and taking an indefinite hiatus from shoegazer follow-up The Gloria Record midway through recording a fourth record, Chris Simpson virtually disappeared from the music scene for two years. It is this quiet period of Simpson’s career that has proven his most prolific to date. It allowed him time to step back, regroup, and remember what he loved about music in the first place - penning songs and performing acoustically. Eventually he packed into an Austin studio to record live: loose, impromptu songs replete with shaking tambourines, exuberant horns, honky-tonk keys, and, at alternating turns, lyrical depth and whimsy. The new body of work boasts a supporting cast of musicians comprised of former Mineral and Gloria Record members and new collaborators (indie-folk artist Alex Dupree, Sad Accordions, and Zykos), and brings Simpson back to his roots.
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