Jeff Young and Paul Pinto, Patriots, Run for Public Office on a Platform of Swift and Righteous Immigration Reform, Lots of Jobs, and a Healthy Environment: an opera by Paul Pinto and Jeffrey Young the new album on Gold Bolus Recordings and US tour Album release party: Wed, July 4, 2018 6pm-9pm Wonders of Nature 131 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY All ages $7 with advanced album purchase $10 at the door Tickets: thingny.com/patriots Special guest artists: Kayleigh Butcher & Bonnie Lander, Dirk Stromberg, with thingNY members Andrew Livingston, Gelsey Bell, Dave Ruder and Erin Rogers. |
Download link: bandcamp.com/yum
using a custom code Label contact: Dave Ruder [email protected] 347-421-0891 Artist contact: Paul Pinto [email protected] 201-410-9107 |
Jeff Young and Paul Pinto, Patriots, Run for Public Office on a Platform of Swift and Righteous Immigration Reform, Lots of Jobs, and a Healthy Environment: an Opera by Paul Pinto and Jeffrey Young is a new album from the duo from thingNY, available July 4, 2018 from Gold Bolus Recordings. A set of four collectible campaign buttons will accompany the digital release.
Then Pinto and Young will pack their boxes with those campaign buttons, shine their shoes, and head to the heartland. Their nearly monthlong, ten-state, tour includes stops at two festivals devoted to new and experimental music, Under The Radar Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, and NMASS (New Media Art and Sound Summit) in Austin, Texas.
Created in 2011 as a parody of contemporary politics and politicians, this half-hour piece of music-theatre has become an all-too-real reflection of today's bad behavior surrounding issues of immigration and national identity. Young and Pinto collaboratively created the text, music, and staging, scoring the piece for their own voices, violin, percussion, a turntable, samples, and lots of cardboard boxes. In …Patriots…, instrumental music alternates with sung and spoken words, zany and humorous topical quips alternate with personal, pointed critiques of the political zeitgeist, fully notated sections merge into structured musical and textual improvisations, and tonal harmonies mix with startling, untraditional musical effects.
...Patriots... is engineered and mixed by Zach Herchen, and mastered by Caley Monahon-Ward.
Full tour details and links:
Wed, July 4, 6pm doors 6:30-9pm show: Wonders of Nature
131 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY
$7 advance / $10 door, with Bonnie Lander, Dirk Stromberg, Gelsey Bell, Andrew Livingston, Dave Ruder and Erin Rogers.
Tue, July 10, 7pm: Little Amps Coffee Roasters Olde Uptown location
1836 Green St, Harrisburg, PA, $5 suggested donation, with DarkSoft, Sleepingpill
{Facebook event}
Wed, July 11, 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: It Looks Like It’s Open
13 E Tulane Rd, Columbus, OH, $5-10 suggested, with Gnôthi Seauton and VERSIONING (formerly Sea Tone)
{Facebook event}
Thu, July 12, 8pm doors, 8:30pm show: Chase Public
2868 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH, entry by donation, with Ben Sloan, Yvette Nepper
{Facebook event}
Fri, July 13, 9pm: El Leñador
3124 Cherokee St, St. Louis, MO, $5, 21+, with Beauty Pageant, Janet, IE
{Facebook event}
Sat, July 14, 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: The Pearl
1715 Wyandotte St, Kansas City, MO, $15, with Calvin Arsenia, Lace Chamber
{Facebook event}
Sun, July 15, 7pm doors, 7:30pm show: Harvester Arts
215 N Washington Ave, Wichita, KS, $5-15 suggested, with Old Man Creaky Bones
{Facebook event}
Mon, July 16, 7pm: Resonator
325 E Main St, Norman, OK, entry by donation, with Forced Into Femininity, Blair Summers {Facebook event}
Tue, July 17, doors 7:30pm, show 8pm: Top Ten Records
338 W Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, TX, $10 strongly suggested, with blendways and remnant baby, Polecat {Facebook event}
Wed, July 18, 8pm: Notsuoh
314 Main St, Houston, TX, $5-15 suggested, with Rebecca Novak + Rachel Hulsey, Nancy’s Son {Facebook event}
Thu, July 19, 8pm: High Wire Arts
326 W Josephine St, San Antonio, TX, with The Whale(Kory Cook and Eddie Vasquez), Something on the Wind {Facebook event}
Sat, July 21, 3pm: NMASS at Ground Floor Theatre
979 Springdale Rd, Austin, TX, 3-day pass $50, Saturday only $30, with many artists (festival runs Fri-Sun July 20-22) {Facebook event}
Mon, July 23, 8pm: Living Arts
307 E Matthew B. Brady St, Tulsa, OK, with Bonnie Lander, David Broome
Tue, July 24, doors 7pm, show 7:30pm: Vulpes Bastille gallery
1734 Locust St, Kansas City, MO, with Julius Eastman's Stay On It, Akadungeonmaster, Lace Chamber, Bonnie Lander {Facebook event}
Wed-Sat, July 25-28: Omaha Under the Radar festival, Omaha, NE – also performing George Lewis‘s Artificial Life 2007/2017, $40 festival pass, $75 VIP pass, individual events free or $10, tickets here, with many artists
{Facebook event}
Sun, July 29, 6:30pm doors, 7pm show: Public Space 1
120 N Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA, with Bonnie Lander, Mega Laverne and Shirley, Tanngrisnir (Christopher Burns and Trevor Saint)
{Facebook event}
Mon, July 30, 6:30 doors, 7pm show: Slate Arts
3203 W North Ave, Chicago, IL, $5 suggested donation with BYOB with Bonnie Lander, Mega Laverne and Shirley, Sam Scranton
Tue, July 31, 7pm doors, 7:30pm show: Mahall’s
13200 Madison Ave, Lakewood, OH, $5-15 suggested, with Bonnie Lander, Togishi
{Facebook event}
Wed, August 1, 7:30pm: Alia Musica presents at Simon’s Sculpture Studio
305 Gist St, Pittsburgh, PA, with Bonnie Lander, Dubravka Bencic
{Facebook event}
Thu, August 2, 7pm: Community Arts Phoenixville
207 Bridge St, Phoenixville, PA, $10-15 suggested, with Bonnie Lander
{Facebook event}
Then Pinto and Young will pack their boxes with those campaign buttons, shine their shoes, and head to the heartland. Their nearly monthlong, ten-state, tour includes stops at two festivals devoted to new and experimental music, Under The Radar Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, and NMASS (New Media Art and Sound Summit) in Austin, Texas.
Created in 2011 as a parody of contemporary politics and politicians, this half-hour piece of music-theatre has become an all-too-real reflection of today's bad behavior surrounding issues of immigration and national identity. Young and Pinto collaboratively created the text, music, and staging, scoring the piece for their own voices, violin, percussion, a turntable, samples, and lots of cardboard boxes. In …Patriots…, instrumental music alternates with sung and spoken words, zany and humorous topical quips alternate with personal, pointed critiques of the political zeitgeist, fully notated sections merge into structured musical and textual improvisations, and tonal harmonies mix with startling, untraditional musical effects.
...Patriots... is engineered and mixed by Zach Herchen, and mastered by Caley Monahon-Ward.
Full tour details and links:
Wed, July 4, 6pm doors 6:30-9pm show: Wonders of Nature
131 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY
$7 advance / $10 door, with Bonnie Lander, Dirk Stromberg, Gelsey Bell, Andrew Livingston, Dave Ruder and Erin Rogers.
Tue, July 10, 7pm: Little Amps Coffee Roasters Olde Uptown location
1836 Green St, Harrisburg, PA, $5 suggested donation, with DarkSoft, Sleepingpill
{Facebook event}
Wed, July 11, 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: It Looks Like It’s Open
13 E Tulane Rd, Columbus, OH, $5-10 suggested, with Gnôthi Seauton and VERSIONING (formerly Sea Tone)
{Facebook event}
Thu, July 12, 8pm doors, 8:30pm show: Chase Public
2868 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH, entry by donation, with Ben Sloan, Yvette Nepper
{Facebook event}
Fri, July 13, 9pm: El Leñador
3124 Cherokee St, St. Louis, MO, $5, 21+, with Beauty Pageant, Janet, IE
{Facebook event}
Sat, July 14, 7:30pm doors, 8pm show: The Pearl
1715 Wyandotte St, Kansas City, MO, $15, with Calvin Arsenia, Lace Chamber
{Facebook event}
Sun, July 15, 7pm doors, 7:30pm show: Harvester Arts
215 N Washington Ave, Wichita, KS, $5-15 suggested, with Old Man Creaky Bones
{Facebook event}
Mon, July 16, 7pm: Resonator
325 E Main St, Norman, OK, entry by donation, with Forced Into Femininity, Blair Summers {Facebook event}
Tue, July 17, doors 7:30pm, show 8pm: Top Ten Records
338 W Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, TX, $10 strongly suggested, with blendways and remnant baby, Polecat {Facebook event}
Wed, July 18, 8pm: Notsuoh
314 Main St, Houston, TX, $5-15 suggested, with Rebecca Novak + Rachel Hulsey, Nancy’s Son {Facebook event}
Thu, July 19, 8pm: High Wire Arts
326 W Josephine St, San Antonio, TX, with The Whale(Kory Cook and Eddie Vasquez), Something on the Wind {Facebook event}
Sat, July 21, 3pm: NMASS at Ground Floor Theatre
979 Springdale Rd, Austin, TX, 3-day pass $50, Saturday only $30, with many artists (festival runs Fri-Sun July 20-22) {Facebook event}
Mon, July 23, 8pm: Living Arts
307 E Matthew B. Brady St, Tulsa, OK, with Bonnie Lander, David Broome
Tue, July 24, doors 7pm, show 7:30pm: Vulpes Bastille gallery
1734 Locust St, Kansas City, MO, with Julius Eastman's Stay On It, Akadungeonmaster, Lace Chamber, Bonnie Lander {Facebook event}
Wed-Sat, July 25-28: Omaha Under the Radar festival, Omaha, NE – also performing George Lewis‘s Artificial Life 2007/2017, $40 festival pass, $75 VIP pass, individual events free or $10, tickets here, with many artists
{Facebook event}
Sun, July 29, 6:30pm doors, 7pm show: Public Space 1
120 N Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA, with Bonnie Lander, Mega Laverne and Shirley, Tanngrisnir (Christopher Burns and Trevor Saint)
{Facebook event}
Mon, July 30, 6:30 doors, 7pm show: Slate Arts
3203 W North Ave, Chicago, IL, $5 suggested donation with BYOB with Bonnie Lander, Mega Laverne and Shirley, Sam Scranton
Tue, July 31, 7pm doors, 7:30pm show: Mahall’s
13200 Madison Ave, Lakewood, OH, $5-15 suggested, with Bonnie Lander, Togishi
{Facebook event}
Wed, August 1, 7:30pm: Alia Musica presents at Simon’s Sculpture Studio
305 Gist St, Pittsburgh, PA, with Bonnie Lander, Dubravka Bencic
{Facebook event}
Thu, August 2, 7pm: Community Arts Phoenixville
207 Bridge St, Phoenixville, PA, $10-15 suggested, with Bonnie Lander
{Facebook event}
SELECTED PRESS:
"Face it, this is why you live in New York City."
-Time Out New York
[full article]
"...a stunningly effective mélange of singing, acting, electronics, and extended vocal techniques...I was consistently caught up in a conviction that I have rarely, if ever, seen an encyclopedic array of experimental effects so intimately linked with their expressive potential."
-I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
[full article]
"...as avant-garde as anything I’ve seen recently – by which term I inexactly mean that it was more focused on how we live at this exact moment than on the traditional conventions of concert-giving."
–Kyle Gann (PostClassical)
[full article]
"thingNY catapulted a slew of notes and words from the stage and we laughed at snatches of the hysteria."
–Bachtrack
[full article]
"Face it, this is why you live in New York City."
-Time Out New York
[full article]
"...a stunningly effective mélange of singing, acting, electronics, and extended vocal techniques...I was consistently caught up in a conviction that I have rarely, if ever, seen an encyclopedic array of experimental effects so intimately linked with their expressive potential."
-I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
[full article]
"...as avant-garde as anything I’ve seen recently – by which term I inexactly mean that it was more focused on how we live at this exact moment than on the traditional conventions of concert-giving."
–Kyle Gann (PostClassical)
[full article]
"thingNY catapulted a slew of notes and words from the stage and we laughed at snatches of the hysteria."
–Bachtrack
[full article]
*Critic’s Pick 9/10/15 http://timeout.com/newyork/music/this-takes-place-close-by
**NewMusicBox, 6/10/10 http://newmusicbox.org/articles/Sounds-Heard-thingNY-ADDDDDDDDD/
**NewMusicBox, 6/10/10 http://newmusicbox.org/articles/Sounds-Heard-thingNY-ADDDDDDDDD/