简介：In the tradition of American folk, Woodpecker came together to celebrate the music of a bygone era, most notably, the beloved punk songs of their youth. The acoustic quartet translated the energy of bands like Fugazi, Propaghandi, and Dillenger Four — into bluegrass stomps. In 2008, the band released their debut full-length "F- Hole" -- a collection of original tracks that combined pick slides with the banjo licks, mandolin chops, and close harmonies native to bluegrass. The song structures and vocal melodies owed a lot to the energy and irreverence of pop-punk bands like Snuff and the Descendents, and lyrically, the songs "flirted with sentimentality, just before kneeing it in the balls." In 2012, Woodpecker returns with its sophomore effort Thanks Anyway. The years between have seen the band double in size and halve in tempo. The punk energy that drove their first release remains an undercurrent in these new songs, but a wider variety of instruments and slower pulse has allowed for more playfulness and some of the melancholy of Sufjan Steven style alt-folk. With half the musicians doubling as filmmakers, the melodies often play like a soundtrack to this new batch of lyrical narratives. Intelligent dissections of affected drama (Movie People) unfold alongside love songs drenched in the blood curdling screams of zombie victims (Married To The Movies). Like a collection of shorts filmed on location, their hometown breathes behind them in tracks like "Old Photos of Coney Island In The Queens Museum V. Coney Island This Afternoon" and If You See Something..; the latter focusing on that definitive moment when one must choose between approaching or ignoring an ex spotted in the subway. Thanks Anyway arrives in a sub-genre of Indie-Americana that spans from the wistful melody of Every Boy In New York to the sonic bombast of Lynch/Badalamenti inspired Black Lodge. Woodpecker are veterans of film and music festivals such as CMJ, Rooftop Films, McCarren Park Pool and Bluergrass Music Festival. They claim a diverse membership, with previous bands spanning from Joan of Arc to Kofre, from Nihiti to The Whistling Wolves. AJ Abucay — drums Jordan Anderson — banjo, sings Alejandro Haaker — upright Al Huang — mandolin, sings Josh Steinbauer — guitar, sings Andrew Xue — cello Michelle Yu — violin Jamie Burns — keys Nate Kinsella — bass, glock, whatever else