“Out Of Focus (Little Kids)” is the new single from UMPHREY’S McGEE’s forthcoming album, Blueprints. According to UM guitarist Jake Cinninger, “the ‘Little Kids’ demo was conceived about 10 years ago at Boondock Studios. I was going through a Jamiroquai phase and wanted to get an uptempo Stevie Wonder major 7th sounding chorus.” Rather than composing behind closed doors for their new album, Umphrey’s asked fans to vote on their favorite moments of live improvisation, identifying the spontaneous musical ideas that felt like songs waiting to be finished. Over the years, more than 20 compositions have been built this way as part of the band’s UMBowl event. Blueprints collects the best of those collaborations from recent years, giving them the care and attention they deserve.

 

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