Pat Daugherty

With Black Hole In One, NYEP morph through a labyrinth of musical idioms that dares us to listen between the mundane boundaries of genre. The odd numbered tracks are instrumentals, anchoring us to their jazz core while spinning out waves of hip hop and mutated hissings of rattlesnaking rock rhythms. The even numbered tracks are songs with deeply powerful lyrics that invoke an almost abstract folk expressionism. Bulbous bass lines bloom before our ears. Drums bounce exclamation points at our feet. Daugherty’s daunting storytelling extends from his agile and curious use of the electric piano to his vocal delivery on some serious material

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With Black Hole In One, NYEP morph through a labyrinth of musical idioms that dares us to listen between the mundane boundaries of genre. The odd numbered tracks are instrumentals, anchoring us to their jazz core while spinning out waves of hip hop and mutated hissings of rattlesnaking rock rhythms. The even numbered tracks are songs with deeply powerful lyrics that invoke an almost abstract folk expressionism. Bulbous bass lines bloom before our ears. Drums bounce exclamation points at our feet. Daugherty’s daunting storytelling extends from his agile and curious use of the electric piano to his vocal delivery on some serious material. This album begs us to pay attention to the world around us by digging into its transformative changes. It's got me paying attention. - Alberto Zayden

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