How 40 Kids Singing Blonde Redhead Brought a 25 Year Dream to Life

After a 9 year hiatus, Blonde Redhead returned in 2023 with Sit Down For Dinner. What came next was completely unexpected. It included a reworking of their songs courtesy of ASMR, a massive Children's Choir, and a Mariachi band. That album is "The Shadow of the Guest" and this is the story of that album and how it came to be. 👉 Subscribe for More Videos: https://youtube.com/c/AndyFenstermaker/?sub_confirmation=1 ✉️ Read the transcript & hear the music on the Poetic Wax Substack: https://poeticwax.substack.com WATCH NEXT: ✓ The Langley Schools Music Project: https://youtu.be/1U5bRdcTR5E ✓ The Story of "For The Damaged Coda" https://youtu.be/d_IBsJ8h0Xo ✓ The Story of "Misery is a Butterfly" https://youtu.be/3M1E_wsYyHQ 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLylroYWVYWWVLR0xGCxkwpPPF-796E00k Get Sit Down For Dinner on Vinyl 🎧 https://amzn.to/44bvPNj Get The Shadow of the Guest on Vinyl 🎧 https://amzn.to/3YdaDD6 Poetic Wax is hosted by Andy Fenstermaker. CHAPTERS: 0:00 The Story of "The Shadow of the Guest" 1:10 The Long Hiatus 3:31 Blonde Redhead's Upstate Demos 5:03 A Private Favor Between Friends 7:37 Enter the Brooklyn Youth Chorus 11:13 From Ideation to Full Circle 14:48 Blonde Redhead Breaks the Rules #blonderedhead #childrenschoir #dreampop #kazumakino #indierock #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #andyfenstermaker #fensepost #vinylchannel #poeticwax #musicessay #musicstory #albumstory #musichistory #albumhistory #musicdocumentary