Men I Trust: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Men I Trust: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.
Bobby Carter | June 16, 2021
From a rustic and retro-looking cabin on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, the band Men I Trust seized the essence of the Tiny Desk almost to a tee. The controlled, yet layered four-song set, bookended by tracks from 2019’s Oncle Jazz would almost certainly make for a plug-and-play situation had it been behind Bob Boilen’s desk.
Men I Trust was initially the duo of high school friends Dragos Chiriac and Jessy Caron, before adding vocalist Emma Proulx in 2015 and recording the group’s debut album, Headroom. (They expanded to a quintet for this performance, with Cedric Martel handling bass and Eric Maillet on drums.) The song “Humming Man,” performed here, was its first official single as a trio and they never looked back from there. The band’s style sways between rubbery upbeat electro-pop and the muddy pace evident on last year’s “Lucky Sue,” but generally hits that sweet spot for anybody looking to be cradled and carried by a vibe-y groove. The overdubs and reverb on Emma’s vocals are stripped away here, leaving a deceptively endearing quality to her voice. The band told NPR that this set was one of its first times playing together after a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 lockdown. “We reunited at the cabin, jammed and recorded our session,” the members said via email. “We strived to capture the intimacy and coziness on sound and image. We hope you’ll enjoy it!”
SET LIST
“Show Me How”
“Lucky Sue”
“Humming Man”
“All Night”
MUSICIANS
Emma Proulx: vocals, guitar
Jessy Caron: guitar
Dragos Chiriac: keyboard
Cedric Martel: bass
Eric Maillet: drums
CREDITS
Video and Audio: Men I Trust
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Video Producer: Maia Stern
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Tiny Production Team: Bob Boilen, Kara Frame, Gabrielle Pierre
Executive Producer: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
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her voice is just *chefs kiss*
If white art school kids made 90’s RnB, just beautiful…love them
snare sound drier than my humor
Been listening to these guys since 1996
Sometimes you gotta keep your head down to live in the moments of high vibrations.
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welp, it’s good to know that there’s at least 4 men she can trust in her own home
final guitar solo is a masterclass, so much soul and musicality, pure joy! great band
love this band so
oh man….like…this just happened.
What pedal for sax sound??? 12:50
Verynajsbjútifl
I love this band! Thanks NPR
I love Emma and the Norton Commander dude. 😘
One of the best tiny
all i know is, people who came here has a great taste of music. lets be bestie
Jude Law laying down some phat bass.
that keyboardist exudes good vibes
Guys, they actually make it to NPR.
can we talk about how the bass player got punched in the face the night before and still ripped it?
SZA tiny desk c’mon!!! it would be awesome. Loved this so much btw
the amount of times I have watched this since it came out is ridiculous. I cant wait for their new album!
Finally, it’s about time Men I Trust come to Tiny Desk Concert!
Yes, yes, yesss and mfing yes!
How I wish tiny desk could be on Spotify
Não conhecia a banda: gostei PRA BARALHO!
Garden state vibes
There is something about this guys, that i just cant trust them
Love them so much ❤️
Syncopation.
Plz tell me why we dont have a Tiny Desk with Mac DeMarco
0:38 – *Show Me How*
Show me how you care
Tell me how you loved before
Show me how you smile
Tell me why your hands so cold
Show me show
I’m turning around
I’m having visions of you
But then I understand
The friend I’m dreaming of is far away
But I’m here
I’m here
Show me how you’re proud
Tell me how you reach the moon
My thoughts err away tonight
My heart fell to love again
Show me how
I’m turning around
I’m having visions of you
Then I understand
The friend I’m dreaming of is far away
Doesn’t feel my love
But I do
I do
3:38 – *Lucky Sue*
Had she lost another one
She would’ve end just like her son
Bitter man now turned insane
The day his dog took on the train
Had she lost another one
She would’ve end just like her mom
Dyed the hair to look as young
Inhaled fumes and spoiled a lung
By grace, she was spared
A few toes, enough
To care
Had she lost another one
Insurance lawyers would have won
Settle quick, the course was cheap
Didn’t bother to go deep
I saw the home she’s from
No place for one to hum
That pride so deer to some
She learned to overcome
Fate unearned
By grace, she was spared
A few toes, enough
To care
By grace, she was spared
A few toes, enough
To care
6:43 – *Humming Man*
Amid the gate, he stares at my door
How long did I see him stay?
Days or months, I couldn’t say
Yet it bustles me, what for?
I swear I saw him moan
But my window’s thick and cloudy
Won’t disdain a sentry’s duty
Fleeing my home for venture lone
Amid the gate, he stares at my door
How long did I see him stay?
Days or months, I couldn’t see
Yet it bustles me, what for?
That drone haunts me from abroad
A middle tone, a new norm
A safe zone, applauding form
My yard is steep and deep, thank God
10:06 – *All Night*
You wrap my feet in coloured blankets
So I stay here all night
You keep the one with many moons and stars
It’s always for my shoulders
So I stay here ’til waking hours
Tell me how do you make everything feel a little easier
So I stay here ’til waking hours
Who could ever be this good to me
I just can’t help but wonder
You put a shirt on the ceiling light
So the room won’t be too bright
You give me time to be what I can be
You’re never ahead, never behind me
So I stay here ’til waking hours
Tell me how do you make everything feel a little easier
So I stay here ’til waking hours
Who could ever be this good to me
I just can’t help but wonder
they’re all smiling so happy
I want to wrap these bass lines around myself like a blanket and go walking in the snow.
i have never been so excited to see a video in my recommended omg jijfiksjmfiksjmfcisjmfcvs
I couldn’t be happier rn
Maravilla 👌
Emma’s voice is velvet personified
Kinda upset they didn’t perform “numb” 😭
wheree ís norton commander 🙁
I listened the band’s singing voice and sound for the first time.
I felt her singing voice blending into the chord progression of the sounds and the harmony of the sounds.
I like "Men I Trust".
I’m dissatisfied because I can’t understand the lyrics. Also, the melody and sound feel the smell of songs made by Japanese rock and pop singer-songwriters in the past.
muhfukinyessss
so excited!
Niiice, soothing.. Is it a cast for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest"?
Who wasn’t anxious for this collab must be living in other world
Man this reminds me a lot of rob stokes, name of the song is: can I wear this?
Loved their music
God, such a flawless band, currently choosing a date to go see them again in fall.
AAAAAAAAA LOS AMO
*YELLOW SUBTITLES WHERE*
perfect twin peaks music!