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Listen up, folks. I know what you’re going to say, and I completely get it. No one wants their one-day Spring Weekend to be headlined by someone with less than a million monthly listeners. Yves Tumor who? I thought the same thing. Avant Garde music is probably a bad choice for a campus-wide headliner. But! And please hear me out! Those wily little minxes at BCA may not have got it all wrong. Yep, that’s right. Tell your friends that not all hope is lost because this Spring Weekend has the UBB, an underrated folksy brass ensemble with a heart of gold.
When the lineup poster came out, my heart dropped as I read each of the artist’s names, every last one ringing hollow like a large bell hitting me over the head. Jordan Ward? Unknown. Elyanna? Huh. Weston Estate? Isn’t that in Downton Abbey? But, then, my eyes scanned across the three words that instantly brought me peace and made me feel like everything was going to be alright: Undertow Brass Band. Those guys are crazy! Fear not, disappointed Brown students hoping for Metro Booming. We have what Rhode Island Weekly called a “face-painted brass band with undimmable energy.”
Now, I know they may not get the recognition they deserve after sacrificing their time, sleep, and relationship with Kelsey to make the world dance to heart-thumping brass canciones. But these guys are the real deal. Trust me, when their main tuba guy starts hitting low, slow B flats, your chest will explode with energy for Providence’s most intact 18-piece brass ensemble. I already feel so much better about this Spring Weekend. We’re going to have so much fun together. See you on the Green!
