Vaccine (released April 26, 2011/ SCI Fidelity Records) is the third album by genre-bending U.K. outfit Younger Brother. And while members Simon Posford, Benji Vaughan and Ruu Campbell remain royalty on the electronic music scene, (the album reached #2 on iTunes’ electronic music chart), Vaccine marks a notable evolution from the band’s electronic origins, embracing melodic song structures and organic instrumental sounds. The result is turning heads, and ears.
What critics are saying about Vaccine:
“Their most fully-realized and ambitious record to date…
Vaccine finds the trio reclaiming electronica, while launching an offensive that
takes ground dangerously close to stadium-sized pop.” – My Old Kentucky Blog
“…gorgeous and delicate but headstrong and purposeful…
[Vaccine] that breathes new life into the electronic-dance genre.” – CBS Street Date
“Vaccine is a bold jump into a new direction…Younger Brother has opened their sound for radical growth and a whole new set of listeners.” – TheUntz.com
Check out a rare acoustic Younger Brother performance here.
Vaccine’s nine original songs incorporate elements of catchy uber-pop, early American folk and blues, and vintage prog-rock, with lyrics that balance pointed humor and weighty philosophical matters, giving the album a level of intimacy and emotion that’s not normally associated with electronic music. The release continues Younger Brother’s evolution from studio project to full-fledged, organic band, with Posford, Vaughan and Campbell joined by Marc Brownstein (Disco Biscuits) on bass, Tom Hamilton (Brothers Past) on guitar and Joe Russo (who also plays in the Grateful Dead spin-off act Furthur) on drums.
The U.S. release of Vaccine coincides with Simon Posford’s other current project: the highly anticipated “Shpongle presents The Shpongletron Experience.” For this massive run of Shpongle “Hybrid” DJ dates, Posford reveals his brand-new “Decks, FX & 101” show made up of an arsenal of turntables, synths, and effects units. The elaborately staged multi-media presentation, which Posford describes as a “maelstrom of beauty and surprise,” will raise the bar on Shpongle’s longstanding reputation for providing mind-bending, fully immersive multi-dimensional, multi-sensory experiences.
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