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History

The Yawpers is composed of Nate Cook on lead vocals and guitar, Jesse Parmet on slide guitar and harmonies, and Alex Koshak on drums. Both Cook and Parmet play acoustic guitars, and their music has been described as cow-punk. Cook and Parmet had played together for a few years, playing together in the band Ego vs. Id, before forming The Yawpers. Cook had a solo residency at a bar and Parmet joined him. After self-releasing their debut album, ''Capon Crusade,''

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saw the band play at the 2015

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and immediately signed the band to their label. Cook grew up in

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, which influences his sound. The band is based in

. In 2013, the Yawpers self-released a bootleg covers record called ''Good Songs/Shitty Versions,'' which included covers of songs by

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-worthy tribute to escaping the city limits of one's hometown." In October 2017, The Yawpers released their second record for Bloodshot called ''Boy in a Well.'' The record was recorded in

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, who was abandoned in a well by his mother. Cook wrote some of the lyrics with his father, a poet and psychiatrist, and said that the writing of the dark material reflected processing childhood sexual abuse by an older man when he was young. The themes of abandonment and relationships reflected Cook's marriage and subsequent divorce. Graphic artist

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Discography

Albums

* 2012: ''Capon Crusade'' (self-released) * 2013: ''Good Songs/Shitty Versions'' (self-released) * 2015: ''American Man'' (

) * 2017: ''Boy in a Well'' (

) * 2019: ''Human Question'' (

)

EPs

* 2011: ''Savage Blue'' (Adventure Records Ltd.)

Singles

* 2015: ''Deacon Brodie'' (

) * 2015: ''3 Days Sober'' / ''

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References

External links

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