{"id":23660,"date":"2015-04-09T09:43:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T17:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=23660"},"modified":"2015-04-09T12:18:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T20:18:53","slug":"if-you-want-beauty-and-brilliant-drumming-check-out-new-super-band-pfarmers-track-the-ol-river-gang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2015-04\/if-you-want-beauty-and-brilliant-drumming-check-out-new-super-band-pfarmers-track-the-ol-river-gang\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Want Beauty and Brilliant Drumming: Check Out New Super-Band Pfarmers’ Track \u201cThe Ol\u2019 River Gang\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Evidently “armed with a single microphone and an iPhone,” The National’s <\/strong>percussionist Bryan Devendorfer<\/strong> has been gathering material for a while for a new super-band dubbed Pfarmers<\/strong>.\u00a0 The band features several of our favorites, including the core of Devendorfer, Menomena’s Danny Seim<\/strong>, and horn player David Nelson <\/strong>(Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, St. Vincent\/David Byrne<\/strong>).\u00a0 Pfarmers<\/strong> will later this spring release their debut album, Gunnera<\/strong><\/em>, on Jurassic Pop<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

About the album, Seim<\/strong> says:\u00a0 \u201cThe record is about a dream I had where I\u2019m reluctantly accepting a fear of drowning by focusing on being reincarnated as a giant Gunnera<\/strong> plant, which thrive on the banks of rivers (specifically the Jordan River, i.e., the Biblical promised land) after I paint myself gold and sink to the bottom like the El Dorado of South American folklore.\u201d\u00a0 Well OK then.<\/p>\n

To get a feel, listen below to a fantastic new track entitled The Ol’ River Gang<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 We love everything<\/span><\/strong> about this cut:\u00a0 Seim’s Peter Gabriel-esque<\/strong> vocals and synthesizer-play, Nelson’s<\/strong> layered, contrapuntal horns, and especially Devendorfer’s<\/strong> now-standard drum\/percussion extravaganza (Devendorfer<\/strong> has, in our humble opinions, eclipsed the estimable Mick Fleetwood<\/strong> and Glenn Kotche<\/strong> with this and other efforts).\u00a0 This track also has the added, sizzling guitar-play of Shugo Tokumaru<\/strong>.\u00a0 It’s all wrapped up in a mesmerizing, multi-layered attack that draws you in and won’t let go.\u00a0 Repeat number 21 about to begin.\u00a0 The song bodes incredibly well for the rest of the album, and we can’t wait.<\/p>\n

You can pre-order the new album HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n