Curt Sydnor - Deep End Shallow (OOYH 005) - OUT NOW!

Announcing the official release of Curt Sydnor - Deep End Shallow (OOYH 005), available now both digitally and vinyl! Links below to those options, and we’ll share a little bit about this one below. This one features an absolutely stellar cast of musicians, including Caroline Davis (Alula, Lee Konitz Nonet), Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), Michael Coltun (Mdou Moctar, Les Rhinocéros), and guitarist Aaron Dugan (Matisyahu). This one is different for us, and you’ll just have to hear it for yourself. Also we have four (yes four!) tracks streaming over on our Bandcamp page, link directly below. As always, this incredible art and design is by our dude TJ Huff (huffart.com)

Deep End Shallow (OOYH 005) is keyboardist Curt Sydnor's sound-dream of a working musician living at the confluence of the different styles and music scenes in Brooklyn circa 2016 (Sydnor relocated to Richmond VA in early 2019). Featuring the inventive drumming of Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), as well as saxophonist Caroline Davis (Alula, Lee Konitz), bassist Michael Coltun (Mdou Moctar, Les Rhinocéros), and guitarist Aaron Dugan (Matisyahu), this record is a searing and fun document, veering from psych-jazz to Russian Romanticism to Afrobeat, punctuated by the somber reminder that “all is ever as it used to be.” Musically a synthesis of the diverse groups Sydnor was involved with at the time and inspired by artists like Deerhoof, Marc Ribot, Nels Cline, Julia Holter, Herbie Hancock, and Yonatan Gat, it draws occasional lyrical inspiration from early childhood memories and a dark chapter in the history of Lynchburg Virginia, where Sydnor was raised. 

Curt Sydnor - keyboards, vocals
Caroline Davis - saxophone
Greg Saunier - drums
Aaron Dugan - guitar
Mikey Coltun - bass on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Ofir Ganon - additional guitar on tracks 1, 2, 7
Jad Atoui - modular synth on track 6