Leroy’s Monster In Your Head

Leroy’s Monster In Your Head

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When trumpeter and band leader Travis Woods and sousaphone player Jay Scarlett from The Horns Of Leroy visited the Bent Notes Studio they spoke about the way they as a band are inspired by the music and the musicians of New Orleans.  They recalled the immense energy they picked up from watching, listening, jamming and performing with these bands and how this changed their outlook and musical creativity in their own projects, whilst still being conscious of their music being filtered through their Australian heritage and experiences.

The new album, Monster In Your Head, features 12 brand new pieces written fresh for this project around the experiences of break-ups.  The music was so fresh to the recording studio that Travis had not heard them all completely until the album mixing was taking place!  Checkout the album on Bandcamp.

The Horns of Leroy are Ben Harrison & Travis Woods – Trumpet, Chris Vizard & Nick Pietsch – Trombone, Jay Scarlett – Sousaphone, Daniel Berry & Tim Clifton – Percussion.

The Horns of Leroy are performing together with Thando and Sydney based brass band The Hot Potato Band at the Fitzroy Brass Party on Friday July 26, 2024 at The Night Cat – celebrating 30 years of Night Cat.

Travis Woods and Jay Scarlett were guests of Bent Notes on Sunday July 14, 2024
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