Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties

Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties是个乐队，也是个故事。 乐队制作的是美国古曲，有时由6、8、10个人组成，会有圆号、班卓琴、钢棒吉他、弦乐等乐器组；有时由单独一人担任吉他及主唱。乐队制作的摇滚音乐也稍微朋克、乡村化，与游唱诗人音乐相似；也可说乐队的音乐有着如Springsteen、Rilo Kiley和The Weakerthans的风格。有些夜晚气氛沉默，又有些夜晚可听见欢呼声回响着。 故事随着一位名叫Aaron的男士。在乐队首张专辑《We Don't Have Each Other》中，Aaron失去了不少东西，导致他生活有着巨大的改变。Aaron后来几年的生活记录在乐队的第二张专辑《Routine Maintenance》中，随着他环游租房、嚷嚷的酒吧、火车场、太平梯、公路小餐馆和小教堂的地下室寻找宗旨及救恩的感觉。 乐队及故事是The Wonder Years主唱Dan Campbell的制作。自2013年，Campbell在不断地发展Aaron West的生平事迹，而The Wonder Years的演出也使这平行芋苗引人入胜。 Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties is as much a band as it is a story. The band plays Americana, sometimes with 6 or 8 or 10 people–a horn section, banjo, lap steel, strings and more–and sometimes as one man with an acoustic guitar and his voice. It's rock & roll with fragmented pieces of punk and country and troubadour-style sing-songwriter music taking influence from Springsteen, Rilo Kiley, and The Weakerthans. Some nights, it's somber and intimate. Some nights, it's loud, bombastic and joyous. The story follows a man named Aaron who, on the band's debut release, We Don't Have Each Other, suffers a series of severe losses that reshape his life entirely. In the intervening years, cataloged on the new sophomore LP, Routine Maintenance, the story follows Aaron through sublets, bar fights, train yards, fire escapes, truck stops and the basement of a county church in search of something resembling purpose and redemption. Both are the creation of Dan Campbell, best known as the vocalist of Philadelphia band, The Wonder Years who performs the songs live in character for a show that feels in part theatric. Formed in 2013, Campbell has continuously added layer after layer to the Aaron West universe, ensuring that every show and milestone is factored into the bigger picture and creating a story so meticulously crafted that it's easy to forget it's a story at all.