John Andrews & The Yawns * Streetsweeper [New LP] 11/27/15 Loyalty Is Royalty (R

Loyalty Is Royalty (R

ensuring the songs could stand strong in their most stripped-down format before any additional layers were introduced

Frank Sinatra's A Man Alone (The Words And Music Of Rod McKuen) and Billie Holidays' Lady In Satin-with the common element that both were recorded with full orchestral accompaniment

Head Like a Hole - Blue Heron

John Andrews & The Yawns * Streetsweeper [New LP] 11/27/15 Loyalty Is Royalty (RFFO: Andy Shauf, Cut Worms, Widowspeak, Michael Nao, Drugdealer John Andrews has spent the past few years tucked away in Red Hook, Brooklyn a neighborhood that sits just beyond the natural drift of the city. Once shaped by maritime industry and later a haven for artists in search of vast warehouse space, it's history and isolation give it a quiet magnetism. Streetsweeper, the fifth album by John Andrews & the Yawns, reflects that vantage point