The YeahTones – A Real Song
The YeahTones – A Real Song (2015)
Directed by: Gerardo Rodriguez
VIDEO RELEASE SHOW CONFIRMED OCT 11th AT THE KNITTING FACTORY
Brooklyn-based rock ’n’ roll quartet The YeahTones, led by guitarist/singer/ songwriter/producer Jake Pinto, release the band’s third music video single, “A REAL SONG,” on October 4, 2016.
“A Real Song” is a brutal attack on mainstream media, pundits, police and politicians in the USA. The song rips into all who fabricate what the “real” problems are by distorting and obscuring the truth: “Everybody thinks they know the real thing / lying so loud making my ears bleed.”
Using the gross injustices and cover-ups of police brutality against innocent citizens and people of color as motivation for his message, Jake laments this twisted state of ignorance and pleads for truth and justice: “Maybe I’ll try to write a real song / telling you everything that is wrong / In this world I can’t believe in / show me something to believe in.”
The music video by Gerardo Rodriguez elevates and amplifies antiestablishment spirit of the song. For the filmmaker, an immigrant from Mexico, the lies and fear mongering of our current media as amplified by Donald Trump is all too real. While in New York City attending a film program and taking off-the-books restaurant jobs to survive, Gerardo met the band one fated night at a show in Bushwick. They hit it off together and decided that same night that they would make a video for this song together.
The foundation of the song was recorded in one take at Solitude Studios in Pennsylvania featuring Jake Pinto on guitar, Doug Berns on bass, and Dillon Treacy on drums. Jake then recorded vocals, additional guitars and keys at his home studio in Brooklyn.
On Oct 11th the band will celebrate the release of their video as they headline The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. The show will feature support by Fat Heaven and Wings of the Whale.
Music Video by Gerardo Rodriguez.
Music by The YeahTones featuring:
Jake Pinto: vox, guitars, piano
Doug Berns: bass
Dillon Treacy: drums
with
Ray Mason: Trombone
ReMu chorus: Claps
Lyrics by Jake Pinto
Recorded by Alex Cohen at Solitude Studios
Additional Recording by Jake Pinto at Tone Row Studios
Mixed and Mastered by Jacob Blumberg at Mason Jar Music
Drums processed by Billy Aukstik at Dala Records
Produced by Jake Pinto & The YeahTones
