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The Young Republic
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For three and a half years this group of musicians, the five core members still intact, has been occupied solely with improving at their craft, that being writing, arranging and performing music. While other bands of their generation spontaneously sky rocket to fickle fame on an almost weekly basis, The Young Republic is happy to watch the quick burn of modern music pass them over as they are preoccupied with older, more proven times. It is true what one might have read about the band being educated musicians and having a love of classical and more ìhigh browî music, but at the same time this is an American band that plays American music.
The deepest roots are in rock ní roll and the popular music of the 1950ís and 60ís, but depending on which song in the already large YR catalogue one examines, jazz, folk and country music play no small role in shaping the groupís sound. And even though the music of The Young Republic is very American, the bandís consensus favorite artist is The Beatles. Bob Dylan, The Band, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Gram Parsons, Hank Williams, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Television, these are more of the giants on whose shoulders they stand. It goes much further back as well to the Carter Family, French Impressionists, folk music from all over the world, Beethoven, Mozart and of course the master J.S. Bach. And while they may not be as obsessive over the music of their own time, they do have many current favorites and highly respect contemporary artists such as Jack White and Wilco. To their old fashioned ways of music making there is also a very progressive slant. A keen awareness for tradition allows them firm grounds on which to move forward with their sounds.
The deepest roots are in rock ní roll and the popular music of the 1950ís and 60ís, but depending on which song in the already large YR catalogue one examines, jazz, folk and country music play no small role in shaping the groupís sound. And even though the music of The Young Republic is very American, the bandís consensus favorite artist is The Beatles. Bob Dylan, The Band, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Gram Parsons, Hank Williams, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Television, these are more of the giants on whose shoulders they stand. It goes much further back as well to the Carter Family, French Impressionists, folk music from all over the world, Beethoven, Mozart and of course the master J.S. Bach. And while they may not be as obsessive over the music of their own time, they do have many current favorites and highly respect contemporary artists such as Jack White and Wilco. To their old fashioned ways of music making there is also a very progressive slant. A keen awareness for tradition allows them firm grounds on which to move forward with their sounds.
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The Young Republic - Girl In A Tree
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The Young Republic- Blue Skies
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the young republic - the painter
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the young republic - goodbye town
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Cate15 wrote:
Goodbye Town is exquisite
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FrkBrink wrote:
I am so glad to find you in the heavens of LastFm universe. Angela xxxXx
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GigLeaf wrote:
photos and a brief review of the may gig at the borderline london here - http://gigcam.blogspot.com/2008/05/young-republic.html
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phreebusy wrote:
my fav. new band..they totally deserve more credit
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Mark14 wrote:
Love it!
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ro-han wrote:
dont forget you can download covers of isis (from end of the road website) and 'Comes a time' from the bands myspace....and when they get back from th us tour there should be another one for jube!
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velum_dare wrote:
Quality.
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midk4ever wrote:
Do anyone knows where to find lyrics for them? Still couldn't find :(
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lovertoday wrote:
Such a wonderful band!
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quittingtheday wrote:
Woo, more listeners (y)!
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cplavin wrote:
Best ex-Boston band in Nashville ever.
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esshoe wrote:
great.
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Babs_05 wrote:
NNME recommends. : )
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marymalaze wrote:
love it
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renanmoraes wrote:
risi.
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linepainter wrote:
loved it.
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Albowski wrote:
I think 2008 will be a big year for The Young Republic.
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pifflola wrote:
I put up a new pictures so vote!
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quittingtheday wrote:
Such a small listener base for such a beautiful band.. Gonna get recommending!
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Recent Activity
- oregon-girl, eavesie, FrkBrink and 10 other people added The Young Republic to their libraries. Thursday afternoon
- aboynamedgootoo added The Young Republic to the lineup of The Mountain Goats at ULU. last month
- mctijn added The Young Republic to mctijn’s library. August 2008
- PElam tagged The Young Republic with ‘end of the road 2008’. August 2008
- Mojambo tagged The Young Republic with ‘indie pop’. August 2008
- AnotherHowie, ilikeapples123, Dilapidalliance and 4 other people added The Young Republic to their libraries. August 2008
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