Ahoy!

by Punch Brothers

Overview

Recorded during the sessions for 2012's excellent Who's Feeling Young Now?, this five-song EP does little to tarnish the Punch Brothers' reputation for impeccable picking and arranging. The five previously unreleased cuts, which include three covers, one original, and a wistful rendition of the oft-recorded traditional folk tune "The Moonshiner," are presented in the same austere fashion as their predecessors, eschewing excessive multi-tracking for more of an intimate, live feel. The centerpiece, a gorgeous, appropriately melancholy take on Josh Ritter's soul-searching tale of polar exploration "Another New World," leads things off, followed by a sprightly, straight-up bluegrass version of Gillian Welch's "Down Along the Dixie Line." The lone original, the Celtic-infused instrumental "Squirrel of Possibility," is fun, light, and familiar, three words that are rarely uttered in the same sentence when describing the progressive folk outfit's more cerebral offerings, and the EP closer, a gnarly, propulsive version of Welsh punk rockers Mclusky's "Icarus Smicarus," wraps things up with a defiant exclamation point, proving once again that what the Punch Brothers occasionally lack in accessibility, they more than make up for with tenacity. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	04/16/2013
Label:	Nonesuch
UPC:	0075597958867
Rank:	47821

Tracks

1. Another New World
2. Down Along the Dixie Line
3. Moonshiner (Punch Brothers)
4. Squirrel of Possibility
5. Icarus Smicarus

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Punch Brothers   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
David Rawlings   Composer
Josh Ritter   Composer
Richard Dodd   Mastering
Gillian Welch   Composer
Punch Brothers   Arranger,Composer
Jacquire King   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Matthew Harding   Composer
Brad Bivens   Mixing
Jonathan Chapple   Composer
Andrew Falkous   Composer
Jeri Herden   Design
Matt Diffee   Illustrations