Even before Kathleen Parks’ fiddle solo blooms and bursts out of the middle of “Don’t Come Over Tonight,” the track is a wild ride. Some might describe the first single from Twisted Pine’s new album, “Right Now,” as progressive bluegrass; others might label it chamber folk, prog rock, jazz fusion or just pop with an experimental bent. But when Parks begins to wail, stepping on a pedal to add a fuzzed-out, freaked-out touch to a jam Stéphane Grappelli and St. Vincent both might smile at, the song hits a whole new plane.
“(I was) interested in a whammy pedal to get those octaves because that’s been a sound I have always loved, getting that cello drone,” Parks said. “Less than a year ago, we kind of just started using some simple delay pedals at first and then (flute player) Anh (Phung) really got that train chugging. She made a solid investment in a ton of pedals. It was an almost overnight thing.”
Phung, who joined the Boston-based band in 2019, started stocking up on tech to change her sounds and the rest of the band — Parks, mandolinist Dan Bui and bassist Chris Sartori — quickly followed. And while plenty of the tunes on “Right Now” nod toward Twisted Pine’s roots as a more traditional bluegrass outfit, the electronic sounds on the album, which is out now, defy categorization.
“We’ll go into these sections where we are being experimental and I definitely feel when somebody triggers one of their pedals, it’s like, ‘Oh, I want to go there too,’” Phung said. “Once we are out there playing live shows again, I feel like there’s going to be a point where it gets crazy.”
Twisted Pine came up at the Cantab’s bluegrass night and the International Bluegrass Music Association nominated them for its 2015 Momentum Award. But the band’s been evolving for years. The line up shifted with the guitarist Rachel Sumner leaving and Phung joining. The sound expanded (see 2018 covers EP “Dreams” for some dramatic, wonderful changes). And still, “Right Now” is wholly unexpected.
The groove of “Amadeus Party” resembles James Brown more than the Foggy Mountain Boys. “Fogo de Chow” could be played at a hoedown or jazz club. “Papaya” has a, well, go and listen to it and try and fit it neatly into any genre.
“Some of these songs go way, way back but some songs are super, super fresh,” Bui said. “‘Right Now,’ the title track, we finished writing in February and recording in March, and the same goes for the last song on the album, ‘Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise.’ Those two came together at the very last moment so there is a kind of cool mix, a wide scope, in this material.”
Fans of the band might be surprised with the range of the LP. Then again, maybe by now, they expect something new with every release, every song, every solo.
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