Colorado-based rock & roll band the Yawpers have released the new song Carry Me, which appears on the groups upcoming album. Titled Human Question, the LP will be available via Bloodshot Records April 19th.
Carry Me starts off quietly, with vocalist Nate Cook approximating Lou Reeds deadpan delivery while a kick drum keeps time and an electric guitar lightly strums a pair of chords. Its been so nice to see you, this moment will carry me, sings Cook. But the arrangement quickly starts to build some steam the guitar picks up an earthy, bluesy crunch, background vocalists repeat the title of the song with gospel inflection and Cooks voice turns into a high, pleading wail. By the end, the whole band has broken loose into a chugging, R&B rhythm complete with saxophone skronk and Cooks ecstatic screams.
Human Question, the Yawpers fourth full-length album, was recorded by Alex Hall at Chicagos Electrical Audio and follows 2017s Boy in a Well, also released by Bloodshot. The Yawpers are currently on tour, with an extensive European trek to follow their spring U.S. dates. Next up, theyre set to play the Record Bar in Kansas City, Missouri on April 16th.