Avett Brothers announce album release!

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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Our beloved band The Avett Brothers have announced that their new album, recorded right here in Ashvegas at Echo Mountain Studio, will hit stores May 15. We can’t wait!

The Avetts are calling this record Emotionalism. In a rather long explanation of the title, they say the album is a statement for love and laughter and the spirit that “rises up against the coldness, against the sarcasm, against the detachment.”

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Here however, going too far is purposefully done-for a common balance, for something good. The Avett Brothers present the idea that in this era, such display of emotion is entirely due. This is said with an album of songs that mirror the thought. They truly laugh, they love, they say so when it hurts. They stand beneath the balcony and say the best poem they can think of, in hopes that whoever is up there will care to hear.
Emotionalism is a weakness. It is a presentation of a heart-lucid reality to those who do not seek it. It can be mocked. It can be ignored. This record and the group that executed it take part in a voice, singing to the guarded, the scared, the damaged, the emotionless. They will choose whether or not to listen.