I wouldn’t say that I get swamped with independent releases here
\nat the home office of “The Daily Vault,” but I get enough to keep
\nme in tune with what is happening in the music scene. While I try
\nto see the good in every disc, there are a few that are just utter
\ndreck; unfortunately, these experiences can sometimes scare me off
\nof checking out other unsigned bands.<\/p>\n
I’ve had
\nLeaving Home<\/i>, the debut from Brown Derby Junction, sitting
\naround now for about two months, and I just never seemed to have
\nthe time to get to it. But when I did, what I heard astounded me.
\nHere was swing and big band music being played the way that is was
\nmeant to be. And if that isn’t shocking enough, would you believe
\nthis band is a group of high school kids?<\/p>\n
Yeah, I know, it sounds unbelievable. But then, you haven’t
\nheard the music on
\nLeaving Home<\/i>. The band – which includes guitarist\/vocalist
\nSeth B. Dubin, vocalist Jenna Eisenhauer, and guitarist\/vocalist
\nZach Bailey – approaches this music with a maturity far beyond
\ntheir years, and outdoes even the leading purveyors of this genre –
\nincluding Cherry Poppin’ Daddies.<\/p>\n
If you don’t find yourself out of the barcalounger and up
\ndancing to tracks like “Mr. Town” and “Brown Derby Junction,” you’d
\nbetter have your pulse checked. The band (who perform all originals
\n– again, amazing that they stay so close to the bone of the
\noriginal style) is filled with energy and enthusisam, and you can’t
\nhelp but catch some of that.<\/p>\n
What adds the right touch to
\nLeaving Home<\/i> is the horn section of Jonny Pinkerton (alto
\n& soprano sax \/ trumpet), Ryan Wolfgang (trumpet – and drums on
\none track) and Alec Spiegelman (tenor sax \/ clarinet). Their subtle
\nyet powerful brass and woodwind work make you feel like you’re
\nsitting in a speakeasy in the ’20s, enjoying some of the best music
\nof the time. If I hadn’t taken the time to read the songwriting
\ncredits, I would never have believed that these were modern-day
\ncompositions… that’s how talented this band is.<\/p>\n
Tracks like “Marylou” (which is described in the liner notes as
\n“a day in the life of Al Capone’s girlfriend”), “Sancho”, “Nothin’
\nTo Say” and “New Orleans Rag” all do nothing to diminish the
\nabsolute power and mastery of the genre that Brown Derby Junction
\nhas.<\/p>\n
If there is any weakness on this disc, I would have liked for
\nthe master volume to have been cranked up a couple of notches. I
\nlistened to this on the CD-ROM unit of my computer – and while the
\nvolume was at full blast, I got an e-mail message, causing the
\nvoice of Austin Powers to smash my eardrums into oblivion. Either
\nthe master volume needs to be adjusted on this disc, or I need to
\nstop using my computer as a stereo.<\/p>\n
\nLeaving Home<\/i> is a disc that will not only renew any interest
\nyou may have in swing or big band (it just might even get you
\ninterested in this genre), but it will reaffirm the belief that the
\nyouth of today are not all interested in Marilyn Manson or other
\nnoise the older generations can’t tolerate or appreciate. Here’s
\nhoping this band doesn’t remain a Pennsylvania secret for much
\nlonger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7515],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-39253","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-brown-derby-junction","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39253"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39253"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}