Yonder Mountain String Band Love, Ain't Love (2-LP)

(2017/Frog Pad)
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Vinyl LP pressing. For nearly two decades, Yonder Mountain String Band has redefined bluegrass music, expanding the traditional acoustic genre beyond it's previously established boundaries by steadily pushing the envelope into the realms of rock n' roll and improvisation. The result is music that doesn't stand still, it's always progressing and breaking unprecedented ground. Yonder Mountain's newest studio endeavor and seventh overall, Love, Ain't Love, was produced by the band and longtime collaborator John McVey, with the majority of the album recorded at Coupe Studios in Yonder's home base of Boulder, CO. Situational dialogue, sound effects, and other overlapping ephemera, are interlaced with the modernist musical power that has made Yonder one of the most popular live bands of their generation. Melding sophisticated songcraft, irrepressible spirit, and remarkable instrumental ability, Love, Ain't Love is a testament to the group's organic, dynamic, and intensely personal brand of contemporary bluegrass-fueled Americana.