Trapper Schoepp May Day [CD]

THIS ITEM IS A PRE-ORDER.  'MAY DAY' MUSIC AND MERCH WILL BEGIN SHIPPING ON MAY 10th.

Trapper Schoepp explores themes of ghosts and rebirth, springtime and renewal on his album, May Day - out 5/21/21 on Grand Phony Records. “May Day is an ancient holiday that celebrates the arrival of springtime, the natural world and also workers’ rights. It’s also my birthday,” Schoepp says with a laugh. “After this trying winter, we found solace in making an album for the spring.”

May Day, the halfway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice, has historically been observed with dancing and singing around a maypole. Schoepp’s album cover features a Roaring Twenties era photo of women dancing around a maypole alongside the Washington Monument, which was found in a Library of Congress archive by his brother and bassist/singer, Tanner Schoepp, and adapted into album art by designer, Daniel Murphy (Bon Iver, The War On Drugs). 

For all the darkness surrounding May Day, Schoepp hopes it will be a respite for listeners he was unable to reach on the road. “The pandemic devastated the live music industry but the need to be transported through song remained. I hope May Day offers that sort of escape.”

- “Rootsy, cinematic rock that charms as it soars.”
-NPR Music

"Story songs that explore and explode the conventions of rock and roll."
-PBS 

"One of the greatest Americana talents in a long time"
-Country.DE