Out of Focus (Little Kids)

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"Little Kids" is one of five "legos" that makes up the track Out of Focus. Umphrey’s McGee’s forthcoming album Blueprints is built from fan-selected moments of live improvisation. The band took these spontaneous “Legos” from various shows and carefully assembled them—adding lyrics and new elements—to craft fully realized songs. Though many of the compositions are long-form, each track is divided into multiple sections, allowing listeners to explore individual components or enjoy the songs as complete pieces. The physical release features hand-drawn blueprints of the band’s actual pedals, including detailed references to each segment’s origin—dates, venues, and lyrical motifs. Recorded in a hidden theater atop Chicago’s legendary Metro, the band road-tested the evolving material with intimate nightly audiences, making Blueprints a true collaboration between band and fans, from spark to structure. "The little kids demo was conceived about 10 years ago at Boondock Studios. I was kind of going through a Jamiroquai phase and wanted to kind of get this Stevie Wonder, uptempo major 7th sounding chorus. So basically I had a verse and a chorus and Brendan ended up hearing the song and he specifically really liked the chorus. And as a group, it's fine for us to dissolve a verse to make a song better. Use the chorus, harvest it and throw it in a great song that's already existing. So the whole Lego idea really works because you can pull out parts and put in new parts. So it's basically like rebuilding an old muscle car, getting it all tuned up, making it sound good" -Jake Cinninger