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With 10 original songs inspired by the sounds of the Seventies and Eighties,HOT DADS in TIGHT JEANSreturns Yacht Rock Revue to their roots in original music. The group worked with producer Ben Allen to give the songs the studio luster needed to make them shine for both new listeners as well as longtime fans. Tracks like their lead single "Step" draw influence from their pastel-colored-era forebearers as well as more modern bands like Phoenix or Air, who adapted yacht rock for a younger audience.

The official video for "Step" premiered along with an interview feature inEntertainment Weeklywho described the song as a "synthy-smooth jam." Watch itHERE. Yacht Rock Revue is an American rock band formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2007. The band was formed by members of the now defunct indie rock band Y-O-U after an ironic performance of cheesy soft rock hits at a local club gig took off into a weekly residence. Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly have acclaimed their mastery of the genre and ability to wow concert-goers with their irreverent yet sincere note-perfect renditions of classic hits. For fans of the classics, Yacht Rock Revue's performance at Mission Ballroom this weekend will be something truly special. Not only will they be performing all of the fan favorites, but they'll also be performing tracks off of their new record.

We caught up with founding band member Nick Niespodziani to chat about the band's long history as a cover band, and their new venture writing original music before their performance in Denver this weekend. Each week we're featuring a playlist to get your mind going and help you assemble your favorites. This week we take a deep dive into the soft rock hits of the late '70s and early '80s, which have come to be known in some circles as Yacht Rock.

The term Yacht Rock generally refers to music in the era where yuppies enjoyed sipping champaign on their yachts — a concept explored in the original web series Yacht Rock, which debuted in 2005 and has developed a cult following. Artists most commonly thought of in the Yacht Rock era include Michael McDonald, Ambrosia, 10cc, Toto, Kenny Loggins, Boz Scaggs, and Christopher Cross. Yacht Rock has become the muse of a great number of tribute bands, and is the current subject of a short-run channel on Sirius XM. As Niespodziani puts it, "Yacht rock is what we say it is now." That's not just bravado.

Yacht Rock Revue trademarked the term "yacht rock" for live performances, so other acts can't use it without permission. The maneuver helped snuff out competition from other cover bands but occasionally puts them in conflict with some of the genre's originators. When Cross's manager tried to assemble a "Yacht Rock" tour featuring Cross, Orleans, and Firefall, it ran afoul of the trademark. If you would've told me when we did the first show "that this is going to be your career," I would have slapped you in the face. I never imagined doing something like this.

And it's funny because I feel like in that early band, I thought music was all about what's inside of you as an artist and that if I can find inside myself this great, soul-wrenching truth that will be the reason that I become famous and whatever. And I think over the years with Yacht Rock — grudgingly at first — I started to realize that music is actually about the shared experience and being there in the room together, having fun, and just escaping from life for a while. And I feel like it's been this 11-year penance that I've gone through, and now I've come out on the other side and I have a completely different view of what music is and what it should be. That's what inspired this record and it makes me so happy to do what I do now.

The cool thing for me especially is that I've made a lot of records over the years, little side projects that had no budget and no hope for people to hear them. And this experience has been the opposite of that. We were able to get an incredible producer and make a cool video all with the power of the Yacht Rock machine that we've built behind it. After nearly a dozen years confidently steering the S.S. Nostalgia, playing the beloved soft rock hits of the '70s and '80s to packed crowds wearing captain's hats, Yacht Rock Revue are charting a new course by releasing their first album of original material. Hot Dads in Tight Jeans won't be released until Feb. 21, but EW is bringing you the first single, "Step," right here.

Sail away with the smoothest music this side of your dentist's office. Yacht Rock Revue is Michael McDonald meets Steely Dan and Toto in a battle of the bands judged by both Hall & Oates. It's funny, with tongue firmly planted firmly in cheek, but actually very hot music that everyone knows and loves in spite of themselves. Grow that mustache, put on the aviator shades and sing along the thousands of members of the nation of smooth who have become fans of the Yacht Rock Revue. See them at clubs, concerts and upscale events all around the USA. The Atlanta-based Yacht Rock Revue was on that list, though it stung a little bit more.

They had just released the album Hot Dads in Tight Jeans, featuring all-original songs, and had made the Billboard charts. The cover band were the subject of a feature in Rolling Stone, and the single and video for "Step" was gaining heat. The '70s light rock tribute band Yacht Rock Revue bring their set list of smooth hits to The Paramount early next month.

Yacht Rock Revue's note-perfect performances and onstage charisma have earned them a devoted nationwide fanbase. "This music isn't easy to perform," Olson says. Yacht rock songs tend to be filled with complicated chord changes. He, Olson, and drummer Mark Cobb first played together in Y-O-U, a band they formed at Indiana University in the late '90s. They found scant support for original music there, so they relocated to Atlanta in 2002.

If "Bad Tequila" ends up being like "Steal Away" was for Robbie Dupree, then I definitely can. That's what this move is, just to see if we could have one song that makes people feel the same way that I felt when I danced with my wife to "Steal Away" at my wedding. And he has this relationship with that song where he got tired of it and he loves it again.

But for us, in the next 20 years, I don't want to get morbid about it, but a lot of these bands that we love and the classic rock artists are going to age out of touring. And there's going to be a void there and I hope that we will be positioned to help fill it. We didn't want to come out with something that could maybe be viewed as a novelty single for the first thing. When you're a cover band coming out with original music, getting taken seriously is the first hurdle that you have to leap over. So "Step" felt like the right choice because it's a mission statement for the whole album in a way.

It's about deciding who you want to be and making the space for that in your life. Our set is like a setlist of encores for the artists we cover, so not only are these great songs, but also every person in the audience has memories tied up in these songs. The transfer of energy when we start a song, when people start to recognize what it is, the excitement in their eyes, is priceless.

That's the great thing about a band like ours — when you go see Hall & Oates, you know you're gonna hear them play their 10 hits … but with us there's an element of surprise, because we have thousands of songs to choose from. "It's in my best interest for yacht rock to have as broad of a definition as possible," Niespodziani said. Yacht Rock Revue hosts an annual concert where they invite members of the original bands that they cover to join them on stage to play a few songs. The first Yacht Rock Revival was held in 2011 in a parking lot at Andrews Entertainment Complex in Atlanta with about 1,000 attendees.

In 2018 the Revival was held at State Bank Amphitheatre in Chastain Park to a sold out crowd of over 6,000 people. Like their live show, which features a vintage boutique's worth of loud shirts and the titular constricting denim, there's an element of humor to the record. But the 10 tracks aren't parodies or goofs. Tickets are currently on sale for YRR's "HOT DADS in TIGHT JEANS" U.S. tourHERE. In partnership with Live Nation and SiriusXM, the group is taking their acclaimed show back on the road. Fans are also able to purchase a special VIP ticket package.

YRR's setlist is firmly rooted in the variety of covers that they've played for audiences for years, while also including selections from the new album. Reassuring his fans, frontman Nick Niespodziani writes that "we built this Yacht Rock thing on the power of memories and good vibes. None of that is changing; we're just gonna make a few new memories as well." See below for a complete list of dates. Grab your Sperry's and a tropical drink, music fans. In this episode of 12 for 12, Adam hits the high seas with cover band revolutionaries, Yacht Rock Revue. As a cover band, Yacht Rock Revue has shared a stage with John Oates, Eddie Money and Player, but music from their "Hot Dads in Tight Jeans" album is taking the Atlanta-based, nine-member ensemble to new heights.

Originally a cover band, Yacht Rock Revue's first album includes 10 original songs inspired by the "smooth sounds" from the '70s and '80s (think Toto, Chicago & Steely Dan). Seeing Starr go yacht rock was a significant step that's made enjoying Yacht Rock Revue's triumphs a little easier. For years, Olson and Niespodziani waited for interest in yacht rock—and their band—to fade.

Opening Venkman's was a hedge against that. But Yacht Rock Revue's stock continues to rise. Their touring business has grown 375 percent since 2014. "This is going to be our biggest year by far." They play increasingly larger venues and have recently started booking dates overseas, including this summer in London. There was an element to spoof to this, when we first started, but we take the music aspect of it really seriously. I wasn't into this music when we started the band, but my own personal feelings about it have shifted a lot.

I really, genuinely love the music that we play and feel so lucky we get to do it. Eight years ago, I thought I was above it, you know? When you see the show, you'll see we're not making fun of anything. Yacht Rock Revue's first original record is ten songs inspired by the smooth sounds of the Seventies and Eighties.

They've brazenly titled it Hot Dads In Tight Jeans – forgive them for bragging, but that's what they are – and it returns Yacht Rock Revue to their roots in original music. The term "yacht rock" was coined in 2005 and generally refers to the soft rock music of the mid-'70s to early '80s. DeMarco remains a slacker sartorial icon, and two projects affiliated with him have chilled-out music due out this year, too. The bedroom R&B music made by Mac's former touring guitarist, Peter Sagar, as Homeshake uses maritime-friendly synths and decidedly unsexy vocals that ultimately end up closer to chillwave than yacht rock. And the unadulterated basement psychedelia of Tonstartssbandht, featuring one-time DeMarco player Andy White and his brother, Edwin, is too bleary-eyed to steer the ship.

When your career has revolved around performing other artists' songs for 13 years, songwriting seems like a far stretch. For soft rock, cover crooners Yacht Rock Revue, it's exactly what they did on their first album of original material, HOT DADS in TIGHT JEANS, out Feb 21. The concert venue is general admission standing. For accessible seating the guest must purchase a g.a.

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Prior to entering the venue, guests will be searched to ensure that nothing on the restricted list of items enters the building. You may be asked to empty your pockets of all items so that they can be examined. All alcohol and narcotic laws will be strictly enforced. All bags will be searched, and no large bags or backpacks will be allowed. In 2013, during a commencement speech at Syracuse University, the author George Saunders told graduates, "Success is like a mountain that keeps growing as you hike up it." Niespodziani brought this quote up to me while we were having coffee.

He knows his life is nothing to complain about. He lives a rarefied existence where he gets paid a lot of money to play music. But clearly, the mountain grows in front of him, and the hike up isn't always easy. That stop sign at the crossroads in the Old Fourth Ward isn't an omen or a cautionary tale. It's simply a funny story that makes people smile. He's just working on becoming one of them.

The Atlanta-based Yacht Rock Revue has announced new tour dates for this summer. Kicking off July 1st, the tour will see the 9-piece tribute group playing venues across the Northeast, Midwest, and South. "Our fans have always been incredible" writes YRR frontman Nicholas Niespodziani. By blurring the lines between a tribute, an original act, and a comedic troupe, the Yacht Rock Revue™ has forged a unique niche market and a special bond with their fans. The band attacks each song as if it were their own, and the energy exchanged between the band and the crowd has more in common with a stadium U2 show than that of a typical bar band.

By blurring the lines between a tribute, an original act, and a comedic troupe, the Yacht Rock Revue has forged a unique niche market and a special bond with their fans. The Yacht Rock Revue is the Greatest Show on Surf and the finest tribute to '70s light rock to ever perform anywhere. Their spot-on renditions of Hall & Oates, Michael McDonald, Steely Dan, and the rest of the Time-Life Infomercial Catalog have enthralled fans across the United States. It goes without saying they have taken their act to the high seas, performing showcase sets on music cruises with Weezer, Kid Rock, Train, Zac Brown Band, Sister Hazel, and fitness guru Jillian Michaels.

In the last few years, several other bands in this vein have popped up. I imagine it's hard to be mad about other cover bands when you're a cover band. They've brazenly titled it "Hot Dads In Tight Jeans". Forgive them for bragging, but that's what they are, and it returns Yacht Rock Revue to their roots in original music.

From humble beginnings in a basement, touring in partnership with Live Nation and Sirius XM, they now headline sold-out shows across the country, from Webster Hall in New York to the Wiltern in L.A. They've ticked every box on the Rock Star Accomplishments bingo card except for one… writing and singing their own songs. And then there's the Yacht Rock Revue, which has been playing the hits for live crowds since getting its start in Atlanta in 2007. The band even released an album of solid gold originals, "Hot Dads in Tight Jeans," last year. "In terms of what we do, we feel like yacht rock is more of a vibe, almost more of an emotion than it is a strict genre," Niespodziani said. "Because when you're at our concert if we decide to encore with a song by Boston that isn't yacht rock, of course no one would claim that it is, but in the context of what you've seen for the last couple of hours it makes total sense."

Currently on a U.S. tour with gigs scheduled at the Wiltern in L.A., Webster Hall in New York, and the House of Blues in Boston, Niespodziani, Olson and the band are hopeful that their core fans will embrace the "new" yacht rock. They've already been slotting "Step" and "Bad Tequila" alongside perennials like "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" and "Baker Street." Who knows — perhaps their own 21st-century yacht jams will one day become a part of the genre's core canon. Songs like "The Doobie Bounce" and "Step," with their layered production and Niespodziani's sky-high falsetto, transform the staid notion of yacht rock — or, more broadly, soft rock — into something immersive and, dare one say, hip and cool. These are tracks that could slide in comfortably next to anything off Tame Impala's latest, The Slow Rush.

The sounds and tones employed by Tame Impala mastermind Kevin Parker actually served as validation for Niespodziani. Yacht Rock Revue began in the least-yachtiest of states, 2,000 miles from breezy Marina del Rey. Niespodziani and Pete Olson met in the fourth grade in suburban Indiana, went on to Indiana University in the late Nineties, formed the band Y-O-U, then escaped – Rupert Holmes reference intended – to Atlanta. One night, Y-O-U tucked their tongues deep in their cheeks and played a show of Yacht Rock songs. Yacht Rock Revue's first original record is ten songs inspired by the smoooooth sounds of the Seventies and Eighties. But even as his associates take off in other directions, the newest music from DeMarco himself makes his dad-rock influence explicit.