Recess Monkey - FIELD TRIP! CD
Monkey Mama: June 9, 2009
Ages: 3-8
Cautions: Get ready to rock!

Kiwi Magazine Review:
We admit it. The UPS and USPS trucks bring new books, DVDs and CDs to our doorstep daily. But nothing incites a genuine high-pitched, high-decibel squeal like opening the mail to find the latest Recess Monkey CD. Unquestionably the best rock band out there, they know exactly the right note to hit with their audience (who still may be of the age to be literally and figuratively rocked to sleep).

These former teachers know the formula that adds up to great music with spot-on themes including “Haven’t Got a Pet Yet.” What kid hasn’t thought about creating a powerpoint presentation to convince the parents that he or she is the ONLY KID IN THE UNIVERSE who doesn’t have a pet? Our favorite line in the song has to be a take on Aretha Franklin’s “RESPECT” when the band croons “R-E-S-P-onsibility —find out what it means to me.” Pure genius. And that is just one of 15 great songs.

Oh no! I am pretty sure I just gushed.

Description:
The three members of Recess Monkey are teachers who met while working at the same Seattle school. The trio’s genuine enthusiasm for a grad school project morphed into their 2005 debut release Welcome to Recess Monkey Town.

Notes Jack Forman, “All of the songs on Field Trip were inspired by field trips we’ve taken with our classes. The album is part Magical Mystery Tour, part Mr. Rogers, and part Muppet Show, but it’s all based on the kids that we teach and our memories of being young. We recorded the songs during weekends and holiday vacations from school this past winter in the music room at the school where we all met and where Drew and I still teach - tapping into the energy that fills our classrooms and those halls every day. Recording this album felt as though, after being at sea for a year teaching and playing shows, we had briefly come back into port to share some of the things that we’d heard!”

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