Pep Talks

by Judah & the Lion

Overview

On their third full-length, Pep Talks, quirky Nashville trio Judah & the Lion continue to explore the boundaries laid out on their self-descriptive 2016 breakout, Folk Hop n' Roll. Led by singer/guitarist Judah Akers along with mandolinist Brian Macdonald and banjo player Nate Zuercher, the band emerged out of Belmont University's folk scene in 2012, briefly positioning themselves as a worship band before turning to a particularly vibrant secular approach that mixed soaring indie folk, bluegrass, pop, electronica, and hip-hop. Their sense of uplift and defiance has remained a throughline in each of their releases and is the guiding focus of 2019's Pep Talks. Over 17 pop-heavy tracks, Judah and his crew hit nearly every song hard with a combination of rafter-rattling folk choruses, pounding pop rhythms, emo-tinged raps, myriad confusing flourishes, and an unwaveringly earnest tone that colors each genre they manage to cram into a single track. ~ Timothy Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	12/16/2022
Label:	Round Hill
UPC:	0196626964397

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Judah & the Lion   Primary Artist
Kacey Musgraves   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Jon Bellion   Primary Artist,Vocals,Keyboards,Featured Artist
Kristin Wilkinson   Viola
David Davidson   Violin
David Angell   Violin
Will Chapman   Drums
Carole Neuen-Rabinowitz   Cello
Darren King   Drums
David Zuercher   Trumpet
Daniel James   Guitar,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Judah Akers   Piano,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Nate Zuercher   Banjo,Vocals
Brian Macdonald   Piano,Vocals,Mandolin,Mandocaster,Guitar (Electric)
Drew Long   Bass,Guitar,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Emmanuel Echem   Trumpet
Josh Blaylock   Trombone
Dylan Oglesby   Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Daniel Weatherby   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Matthew Delisi   Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Ted Jensen   Mastering
Chad Mitchell   Composer
Mark "Spike" Stent   Mixing
David Angell   String Contractor
Logan Matheny   Mixing,Engineer
Chris York   A&R
Daniel James   Producer,Programming,Group Member
Jared Anderson   Assistant Engineer
Eddie Spear   Mixing,Engineer
Judah & the Lion   Composer
Judah Akers   Composer,Producer,Programming,Group Member
Nate Zuercher   Producer,Programming,Group Member
Brian Macdonald   Composer,Producer,Programming,Group Member,Brass Arrangement,String Arrangements
Drew Long   Mixing,Producer,Programming,Group Member
Zack Pancoast   Assistant Engineer
Nathan Edward Zuercher   Composer
Dylan Oglesby   Art Direction
Daniel Weatherby   Programming
Connor Dwyer   Art Direction
Ethan Manning   Art Direction
Dave Clause   Mixing
Davis Delisi   Art Direction
Matthew Delisi   Composer
Riley Hutchins   Composer
Trey Elisik   Composer
Trey Elsik   Composer