Escape Artist is an original album, a 21-song concept, spanning four sides of vinyl that showcases the band’s evolution beyond a tribute act, seamlessly integrating their unique style with the iconic yacht rock vibe. 

Escape Artist captures the desire to escape modern society, using music as a primary tool to break away from the worries of daily life. “Look out in the crowd and imagine what each person is escaping from. They’re escaping the modern condition to the idea of a less complicated time,” Yacht Rock Revue’s lead vocalist Nicholas Niespodziani explains. “We see it every night on the road — an audience transported somewhere else. We are Escape Artists. That’s our magic trick.” 

“Of course, there’s the literal layer — I want to escape the confines of what our band is supposed to be,” Nicholas continues. “Are we allowed to be artists, or are we trapped by a genre? We’ve always been pushing the envelope, going where no band like ours has gone before. I want it to be OK for us to express optimism and sadness and fear and vulnerability. I want to escape the caricature that defines us. The ‘Escape Artist’ song lyrics tell that story.” 

ESCAPE ARTIST TRACK LISTING:

1. Escape Artist
2. Make You Miss Me
3. Separate Grooves
4. Waves
5. Reverse Sunset
6. Lost In The Meantime
7. Sail On
8. Steal Away
9. Tropical Illusion (feat. Elliot Lurie)
10. Passengers
11. Triangle of Combustion
12. Lonely For You
13. Inverse Sunrise
14. San Junipero (Every Night Like Tonight)
15. Things Look Different
16. Monkeys Always Swinging
17. Bad Decisions
18. Worse Decisions
19. Here For the Feeling
20. Four in the Morning
21. What A Year