Brownout: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Brownout play Somewhere To Go, Nain and You Don t Have To Fall at the Tiny Desk. More from NPR Music: Tiny Desk Concerts: Twitter: Instagram: Jan. 10, 2020, Felix Contreras There must be something in the water down in Austin, Texas, because as soon as Brownout started playing behind the Tiny Desk, it was pretty obvious that a deep musicality is just a fact of life for Austin bands. The slow groove of the opening song, Somewhere To Go, is punctuated by an oldschool R B horn section that s deceptively simple and emblematic of the power of their concept and spirit. The intricate interplay of the baritone sax, guitar, bongos and drums launch the second cut, Nain, into another downtempo burner, with lyrics in Spanish about being different and not fitting in and seeing that as a positive. The band closed with You Don t Have To Fall, leaning into oldschool Tower of Power horns that made quite a