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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 /TiVo
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Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Kacey Musgraves, FeaturedArtist - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Jon Bellion, FeaturedArtist - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Brian Macdonald, Composer, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Composer, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Nathan Zuercher, Composer - Songs Of Akers Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Macdonald Music Publishing Worldwide, MusicPublisher - Zuercher Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Unknown, MusicPublisher - Chad Mitchell, Composer - Brian Macdonald, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Riley Hutchins, Composer, MusicPublisher - Matt Delisi, Composer - Deadmeat Publishing Co, MusicPublisher
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Daniel James, Producer - Unknown, MusicPublisher - Brian Macdonald, Producer - Drew Long, Producer - Judah & the Lion, MainArtist - Judah Akers, Producer - Nate Zuercher, Producer - Trey Elsik, Composer
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
Album review
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 /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:25
- Main artists: Judah & the Lion
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Round Hill Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
(C) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC (P) 2022 Round Hill Records LLC
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