Family Plan by Family Plan
Coming September 24, 2021
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Andrew Boudreau - Piano & Keyboards
Simón Willson - Double Bass Vicente Hansen - Drums Track Listing 1. Celebratory 2. Life is Good 3. Reptilian 4. Scam Likely 5. Who's Your Copilot 6. Little River 7. Seemingly OK 8. Groundhog Day 9. Touch 10. What's Your Fee* 11. El Mono *add Kevin Sun (tenor saxophone) |
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Endectomorph Music Catalog No.
EMM-011 Recorded by Aaron Nevezie at The Bunker Studio, Brooklyn, NY, on October 17th and 18th, 2020 - Mixed by Vicente Hansen - Mastered by Eivind Opsvik at Greenwood Underground - Produced by Kevin Sun and Family Plan - Cover art and design by Amanda Hansen - Liner notes by Frank Carlberg - Total length: 49:22 |
Proyecto financiado por el Fondo para el Fomento de la Música, convocatoria 2020
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“Celebratory,” “Reptilian,” and “Touch,” by Vicente Hansen (Vicente Hansen Music / ASCAP)
“Life is Good,” “Little River,” and “Groundhog Day” by Andrew Boudreau (Andrew Boudreau Music / SOCAN/BMI )
“Scam Likely,” “Who’s Your Copilot,” “Seemingly OK,” “What’s Your Fee,” and “El Mono” by Simón Willson (Willson Music / ASCAP)
Kevin Sun appears on “What’s Your Fee” courtesy of Endectomorph Music.
Liner notes
In his Illustrated Notebooks, Georges Braque writes, “One must not imitate what one wants to create.” This is wisdom that the members of Family Plan deeply understand. The music on this album has roots and has been informed by its predecessors, yet these young musicians speak with fresh voices individually and with great collective originality. They are reacting, embracing, and re-imagining the sources that their work springs from. They know where they come from and they also know who they are.
From the first moments of the opening track, “Celebratory,” it is clear that Family Plan is a collective. Andrew, Simón and Vicente speak as one organism. They are intertwined in their musical explorations, complementing each other, interacting with great cohesiveness. Yet they can also speak with diversity, provocation, and instigation, creating a counterpoint of perspectives and intentions. They often challenge any preconceived ideas about where the music will or should go next. This is music with a sense of danger and discovery that, on one hand, immaculately balances following through on expectations, while on the other hand creating surprise and unpredictability. It draws us in, and the listener who submits to the winding and intriguing path of their expression is richly rewarded.
In addition to their considerable instrumental abilities, each member has a strong complimentary compositional voice, from Andrew’s wistful optimism to Simón’s transparent earthiness to Vicente’s playful restlessness. Andrew Boudreau, Simón Willson and Vicente Hansen are creators of the highest order, and they are members of their generation that will forge directions in improvised music for years to come.
-Frank Carlberg, April 2021
From the first moments of the opening track, “Celebratory,” it is clear that Family Plan is a collective. Andrew, Simón and Vicente speak as one organism. They are intertwined in their musical explorations, complementing each other, interacting with great cohesiveness. Yet they can also speak with diversity, provocation, and instigation, creating a counterpoint of perspectives and intentions. They often challenge any preconceived ideas about where the music will or should go next. This is music with a sense of danger and discovery that, on one hand, immaculately balances following through on expectations, while on the other hand creating surprise and unpredictability. It draws us in, and the listener who submits to the winding and intriguing path of their expression is richly rewarded.
In addition to their considerable instrumental abilities, each member has a strong complimentary compositional voice, from Andrew’s wistful optimism to Simón’s transparent earthiness to Vicente’s playful restlessness. Andrew Boudreau, Simón Willson and Vicente Hansen are creators of the highest order, and they are members of their generation that will forge directions in improvised music for years to come.
-Frank Carlberg, April 2021
Press
- Midwest Record (September 2021)