bass Chris Miller
drums Joe Giotta
guitar Bob Merkl
guitar Joey Bennet
harmony vocals Cody Uhler
harmony vocals Haley Shaw
performer The Young Republic
piano Ben Easton
tenor saxophone Danny Lipsitz
violin Sarah Wilfong
violin, harmony vocals, organ, percussion, arranged by [strings] Kristin Weber
written by, producer, guitar Julian Saporiti
Performer Magazine Review
By: Sarah Joblin

If the Beatles and Bob Dylan had a musical love child, the result would be the Young Republic's new EP, Hipster Blues British Birds. The album has a vintage feel, favoring self-penned love songs, a delightful doo-wop number, and good old-fashioned rock and roll tunes that were made for dancing. Lead singer Julian Saporiti's voice has a '60s rocker quality that lends itself nicely to lyrics, decrying the hipster scene in the title track Hipster Blues, while remaining convincing as he croons out a love song to a girl he hardly knows in The Composer. The Artist. The Atlantic.

Kristin Weber's harmony vocals soar on the track Bronagh, while the lush strings on The Girl's Got Legs For Miles showcase her virtuosic violin playing and string arrangements. While the most Dylan-esque track by far is the cynical An Artist. Am I? No. (which catalogues all the nonsense that we as a society are told to accept as art), several of the songs deal with the distinction between art and pretension. Whatever your hipster stance may be, this group has elevated catchy melodies to an art form.