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“People Get Ready is an experience beyond hearing music in a club or viewing a dance; it is a moving meditation that suggests dreams” - NY Times

Brooklyn-based People Get Ready are Steven Reker, Luke Fasano (ex-Yeasayer), James Rickman (ex-Lizzie Trulie, ex-Slow Gherkin), and Jen Goma (A Sunny Day In Glasgow).

In 2006 Reker moved from Arizona to New York City, finding work as a dancer and guitarist on David Byrne’s 2008-09 tour, as a composer in Yasuko Yokoshi’s recent dance work, and as a choreographer for Miranda July’s film ‘The Future’. 2009 marked the debut of People Get Ready in a performance at The Kitchen’s Dance And Process series, designed to pay homage to both sides of Reker’s creativity.

People Get Ready forge continuing creative bonds with the formidable list of artists whose paths they’ve crossed. One of Denniston Hill’s founders, the painter Julie Mehretu, has provided cover art for their album; the band’s music has found coveted slots on playlists curated by Byrne and July; and they’ve shared stages with the likes of Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr, TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, !!! and the who’s who of Brooklyn artists selected for Aaron & Bryce Dessner’s scene-defining Crossing Brooklyn Ferry festival at BAM.

This album is perhaps the most accessible and radio-ready album Brassland has ever released. Would appeal to fans of Talking Heads, Dirty Projectors, Yeasayer, TV On The Radio.

TRACK LISTING

Windy Cindy
New June
Three Strangers
Orange Grove
Dark Candy
Shoe
Middle Name
Mr. Shoulders
Zelda Maria
A Squandering