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The Yawpers to release Human Question

Posted by Loren on February 18, 2019

The Yawpers to release Human Question
photo by Megan Holmes

The Yawpers have announced the upcoming release of Human Question, set for release on April 19 on Bloodshot Records. The album is a follow-up to Boy in a Well. This time around, the Denver triowrote and recorded the album in a two-month period and tracked live in a room for a live energy.

“I wanted to take a crack at using these songs as therapy, really,” said Nate Cook (vocals/guitar) says of the new album. “I think I’ve always been inclined to write more towards the dregs of my psyche, and explore my depressions and trauma, rather than describe a way out.”

The band will announce corresponding tour datesi n April-May in the US, in Europe in May-June, and a stop at SXSW in March.

Human Question Track listing:

Child of Mercy
Dancing on My Knees
Human Question
Man As Ghost
Earn Your Heaven
Reason to Believe
Carry Me
Forgiveness Through Pain
Can't Wait
Where the Winters End

Tour dates:

2/19 Belly Up Aspen CO US
3/13 until 16 SXSW Austin TX US
4/16 Record Bar Kansas City MO US
4/17 Off Broadway St. Louis MO US
4/18 The Cooperage Milwaukee WI US
4/19 Liar's Club Chicago IL US
4/20 Showboat Saloon Wisconsin Dells WI US
4/21 7th St Entry Minneapolis MN US
4/26 Oriental Theater Denver CO US
4/27 Wheelhouse Albuquerque NM US
4/29 Sundown Tavern Ruston LA US
5/1 Smith's Old Bar Atlanta GA US
5/2 The Radio Room Greensville SC US
5/3 Local 506 Chapel Hill NC US
5/4 Pearl Street Warehouse Washington DC US
5/5 Berlin New York NY US
5/7 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland OH US
5/8 MOTR Pub Cincinnati OH US
5/9 The Basement Nashville TN US
5/10 Stickyz Rock 'N' Roll Chicken Shack Little Rock AR US
5/11 Mercury Lounge Tulsa OK US
5/25 Borderline London UK
5/26 Broadcast Glasgow UK
5/27 O Rileys Hull UK
5/28 The Donkey Leicester UK
5/29 Burston Crown Diss UK
5/30 Mijl Op Zeven Festival Ospel NL
6/1 Q-Factory Amsterdam NL
6/5 Vera Groningen NL
6/6 Nochtspeicher Hamburg DE
6/7 Orange Blossom Special Festival Beverungen DE
6/7 Orange Blossom Special Festival Beverungen DE
6/8 Beatpol Dresden DE
6/9 Monarch Berlin DE
6/11 Ziegel Oh Lac Zurich CH
6/12 Sunny Red Munich DE
6/13 Substage Caf_ Karlsruhe DE
6/14 KKF Bar Schwabisch Gmund DE
6/15 In Die Musik Festival Hof DE
6/16 Manana Manana Hummelo NL
6/28 Raut Oak Fest Riegsee DE
6/29 Brotfabrik Frankfurt DE
6/30 Muddy Roots Europe Waardamme BE
7/24 FloydFest Floyd VA US

The Yawpers to release Human Question
photo by Megan Holmes

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