Jalopy Records Releases Ever-Lovin Jug Band’s “Refreshingly Singular” (Shindig) Move That Thing & Shares “Cabbage White” Music Video, Premiered by Magnet Magazine
Ever-Lovin’ Jug Band answers the question what would a one-gallon jug bass sound like in ‘50s rock-n-roll, psychedelic, garage, jazz, and wall-of-sound songs on its album Move That Thing, out today via Jalopy Records. Today, Jalopy shared the music video “Cabbage White,” which wsa premiered yesterday by Magnet Magazine.
HEAR/SHARE: “Cabbage White” music video.
Buzz is strong for Move That Thing:
“I can’t remember the last time I was so compelled to play an album over and over and over… This duo has carried the Freak/Psych Folk approach, maybe the farthest it’s ever been carried.”
–Peter Stampfel, The Fugs / Holy Modal Rounders
“Refreshingly singular stuff… We’re in strange terrain. Every track exists in its own odd little universe.”
–Hugh Dellar, Shindig (UK), July, 2024
“Stunning… the freakiest psych-folk you may hear in a long time… I thoroughly enjoyed it.”
–Nick, The Third Eye, June 15, 2024
“What they do here whether earnest or kitsch (or earnest kitsch) they do super well. So well that in another universe I could have easily seen them on the Ed Sullivan show or Hee Haw.”
–Robb Donker Curtius, American Pancake, June 29, 2024
“The unique fusion of vintage and contemporary elements in Move That Thing not only showcases their multifaceted skills but also sets a new creative benchmark for genre blending in music.”
–Chris Ryan, Audio Fuzz, May 9, 2024
“A bunch of weirdos making pristine pop songs.”
–Alt 77, July 8, 2024
“Freeing joy that comes in boatloads.”
–Nathan Lankford, Austin Town Hall, June 27, 2024
Everything on the album was written, arranged, played, sung, recorded, and produced by just the two members of the Ever-Lovin’ Jug Band, a duo made up of Minnie Heart and Bill Howard. In addition to a jug on every track, sounds include baritone sax, heavy percussion, drum sets, soaring string sections, tape delay, wild textures, sonic vistas, and backwards effects. All but two of the songs feature dual lead vocals, where both Howard and Heart sing in unison, to create a double-tracked vocal effect, combining their voices into one, on top of loads of backup vocals, giving it a warm, thick sound. In addition to their own recordings made via vintage tape machines, band member Howard has engineered recording for Mashed Potato Records (including Esther Rose and Jackson & The Janks) while Heart designed the record jackets, logos, and posters.
The album was all recorded to tape on a TASCAM MS-16 and M520 mixing console, using a variety of vintage microphones and outboard gear. They mixed the album live in real-time through the mixing board rather than on a computer, so each mix is a performance in itself. Their Ampex 351 is not only the next machine off the line from the one they used for Mashed Potato Records, but the previous owner of those two machines used them in sound experiments to help develop the THX cinema sound system for Lucasfilms’ Return of the Jedi. While the record sounds far out, most of the songs are still acoustic with only a few electric guitars peppered throughout.
Having completed Move That Thing now they are hard at work making a visual presentation of the entire record, working on twelve music videos, one for every song from the album, inspired by the sci-fi, film noir, b-films, kung-fu, boring documentaries, outsider/art films, ’70s schlock, crappy vintage TV shows, old music videos, etc., they had spent endless hours watching and studying while stuck at home during the cold pandemic winters.
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Jalopy Records is the record label of the Jalopy Theatre & School of Music, located in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY.
Ancient tradition fosters artistic creation: Folk music is simultaneously historic, timeless, and modern – evolving and responding to the changing world. Jalopy Records is an outlet for the best contemporary artists in the fields of folk, traditional and vernacular music to record, reinterpret and advance their music. We also offer high quality reissue recordings; historic, archival treasures, deep cuts, and more.
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