Scott and Seth Avett
Recently SPIN declared the Avett Brothers a "Breaking Out" artist after hearing the southern trio's modern revitalization of traditional folk and bluegrass sounds. Their banjo beat caught the ear of Rick Rubin, as well; the producer extraordinaire helmed their major-label debut, and we've got an appetite-whetting preview video for one of the new songs. Watch below!
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The exclusive 90-second "January Wedding" clip shows brothers Seth and Scott Avett and bassist Bob Crawford discussing their eight-year journey as a band and their desire to stay close to their country-folk roots as their profile rises. In live clips of them performing "January Wedding," the traditional instrumentation emphasizes their loyalty to the back-porch aesthetic. This is the sound of a band doing what they know best.
"'January Wedding' is pretty straight-forward…as far as staying true to the banjo, the acoustic guitar, the stand-up bass and the sensitivity of those things," Scott says in the clip. "It's a song that's not really relying on anything but its most primitive make-up."
Watch the video below. I and Love and You is out September 29 via American Recordings.
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