{"id":225,"date":"2025-12-03T20:23:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattjasper.com\/?page_id=225"},"modified":"2025-12-03T20:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:24:18","slug":"yankee-hotel-foxtrot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mattjasper.com\/index.php\/music\/albums\/yankee-hotel-foxtrot\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 786px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=247687041\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/mattjasper.bandcamp.com\/album\/yankee-hotel-foxtrot\">Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Matt Jasper<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matt Jasper Reimagines Wilco\u2019s <em>Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<\/em> as a Stripped-Down Americana Odyssey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indie folk artist Matt Jasper<\/strong> returns with his boldest reinterpretation yet: a full-length cover of Wilco\u2019s seminal <em>Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<\/em>. Recast through a warmer, more rustic lens, Jasper\u2019s version leans into the Americana and singer-songwriter traditions Wilco explored on <em>Summerteeth<\/em>, dialing back the glitchy atmospherics of the original in favor of an intimate, acoustic-forward approach. Released independently on May 5, 2023, <em>Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<\/em> is a labor of love that reverently reinterprets the classic record while carving out new emotional terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where the original <em>Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<\/em> is celebrated for its haunting experimentation, Jasper\u2019s take explores the same emotional vulnerability with simpler textures: banjo, acoustic guitar, bass, and minimal percussion. The banjo\u2014often processed through light effects\u2014becomes a lead voice across the album, offering a plaintive counterpoint to his understated vocals. Songs like \u201cJesus, Etc.\u201d and \u201cReservations\u201d gain a haunting immediacy in this format, while upbeat tracks like \u201cHeavy Metal Drummer\u201d are infused with gentle drum machine pulses that feel at once nostalgic and novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This reimagined <em>Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<\/em> is perfect for fans of indie folk and alternative country who have long wondered what would\u2019ve happened if Wilco had continued on their <em>Summerteeth<\/em> trajectory. With rootsy instrumentation and faithful-yet-fresh arrangements, Jasper invites listeners to hear these beloved songs anew, as if rediscovered through the crackle of an old radio in a quiet country town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWilco has always been a north star for me as a songwriter,\u201d Jasper shares. \u201cI\u2019ve lived with <em>Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<\/em> since it came out, but I always wondered what those songs would feel like without the layers of abstraction\u2014if they were played on a front porch instead of through broken circuits. This is my love letter to those songs, to Jeff Tweedy\u2019s writing, and to the ghost of the Americana band Wilco might\u2019ve stayed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Track Listing:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I Am Trying To Break Your Heart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kamera<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Radio Cure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>War On War<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jesus, Etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ashes of American Flags<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heavy Metal Drummer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I&#8217;m The Man Who Loves You<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pot Kettle Black<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poor Places<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reservations<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Genre:<\/strong> Indie Folk, Americana, Singer-songwriter<br><strong>Instrumentation:<\/strong> Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo Ukulele, Bass, Cajon Percussion, Drum Machine Programming (on &#8220;Heavy Metal Drummer&#8221;)<br><strong>Produced, Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Matt Jasper<\/strong><br><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> May 5, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Jasper Reimagines Wilco\u2019s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot as a Stripped-Down Americana Odyssey Indie folk artist Matt Jasper returns with his boldest reinterpretation yet: a full-length cover of Wilco\u2019s seminal Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Recast through a warmer, more rustic lens, Jasper\u2019s version leans into the Americana and singer-songwriter traditions Wilco explored on Summerteeth, dialing back the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":201,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-225","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattjasper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattjasper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattjasper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattjasper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattjasper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mattjasper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"https:\/\/mattjasper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225\/revisions\/226"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattjasper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattjasper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}