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The world has changed a lot since 1992, when Don Breithaupt first collected an album's worth of his irresistibly hooky and jazzy pop songs and formed Monkey House. Since then, the talented and prolific Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and producer has stamped the band's Kurt Vonnegut-inspired moniker on five albums of original material, including Headquarters (2012), Left (2016) and Friday (2019), the latter a blazing tour de force which topped the iTunes jazz chart and went to #11 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.

Now, to mark their Thirtieth Anniversary, Monkey House presents their most accomplished and exciting set yet, Remember The Audio, on which Breithaupt is joined by his A-List wrecking crew of Mark Kelso on drums, Pat Kilbride on bass, Justin Abedin on guitar, and guests including trumpeters Randy Brecker, Guido Basso and Michael Leonhart, guitarist Drew Zingg, and singers Lucy Woodward and David Blamires. After years of fluid lineups, Breithaupt says he had an epiphany back in 2011 while rounding up the usual suspects to make Headquarters: "Hey, wouldn't it be nice if this coalesced into a steady band?"

Breithaupt got more than just a band: Monkey House is a crack team of virtuosos playing in sync and in service to his instantly hummable songs.

Like the last three Monkey House albums, Remember The Audio was produced by Peter Cardinali and Breithaupt.

Breithaupt had already written most of the music on Remember The Audio pre-COVID, but he figures "at least half of the lyrics were written in the spring of 2020, after the world shut down." That's why the only cover on the album, Mose Allison's 'Ever Since The World Ended' fit right in. I thought it would be a good coda for the album because it's fatalistic, but it's also really funny and not too heavy."

Remember The Audio is sophisticated pop for now people, and a new high-water mark in Monkey House's musical journey.

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• Audiophile recording - Recorded, mixed and mastered in ultra hii-res 24Bit/192kHz resolution and Dolby Atmos

Sales Points

• For fans of Steely Dan, Snarky Puppy, The Police, Tower of Power, Chicago, Boz Skaggs, Michael McDonald, Stevie Wonder, Michael Franks, Gino Vannelli, The Manhattan Transfer, vocal pop/jazz, singer songwriters, horn sections, great soloists
• Regular multiple posting and videos on all platforms throughout the life of project
• Recorded, mixed and mastered in ultra hi-res 24b-192k resolution, and in Dolby Atmos
• Servicing all key jazz publications, full national and regional press including online portals, blogs and websites
• Serving to college, commercial radio, Smooth Jazz, Rock radio and NPR
• Releasing 2 singles (5/27, 6/24) leading up to album release on 7/15
• Monkey House is a critically acclaimed band with a huge worldwide following. With YouTube plays in the tens of thousands, there are many die-hard fans looking forward to this release.
• Releasing 2 singles (5/27, 6/24) leading up to album release on 7/15

Press Quotes

A stunning album, a stone classic! Knuckle-knotting chord progressions and majestic horn charts...

     —Barney Hurley, West Coast Magazine

Lovely pop melodies beefed up with complex horns -- for lovers of musically and lyrically sophisticated pop music.

     —Cashbox

There's only one comparison really, and that's Steely Dan. This is sophisticated, supple, funky, and smart tunes, heavy on the horns, backing vocals, and slick solos, jazz ideas with a rock band in behind.

     —Bob Mersereau, Bob Mersereau's top 100

Scene-setting, storytelling and just old-fashioned lyric poetry - these are just some of the wonderful aspects of Monkey House

     —Raul da Gama, The WholeNote Magazine

'If you're somebody who thinks the 21st century has struggled to match the glories of Aja or Gaucho, Monkey House are worth your time'

     —John Bungey, The Times of London

'A beautiful musical cohesion between R&B, blues, soul and pop'

     —Marie-Josée Boucher, : Info Culture

'Jazz-tinged blue-eyed soul with a subtle AOR undercurrent . . . clever, intriguing lyrics and storylines'

     —Bill Buckley, Soul & Jazz & Funk

It's a brilliant collection of brilliant songs by a brilliant songwriter - Pop as catchy as anything on any radio, but infused with unexpected lyrics and just enough complexity to remind you a master is at work!

     —Vickie Van Dyke, WAVE.FM

Did I just list every song on the album as my favorites? Huh. How about that?...waiting in vain for these Canadians to tour rural East Texas.

     —The CD Project

'I love Monkey House. Every instinct these guys have is right . . . Friday's arrangements and performances are first-rate as usual'

     —Michael Omartian, Grammy-winning producer

'Lives up to the impossibly high standards set by their 2016 release Left . . . Don Breithaupt is a brilliant writer with a keen melodic sense . . . pure audio joy'

     —Preston Frazier, Something Else

'Monkey House is akin to the finest Steely Dan . . . great music, lyrics and playing.'

     —Elliott Randall, former Steely Dan guitarist