Schvitz

In October 2020, the band issued their fifth studio album, The Joy of Music, the Job of Real Estate, containing five original tracks with the remainder consisting of previously released material. Vulfpeck also released four compilation albums under the Vulf Vault header from 2020 to 2022, with each one focusing on a different band member.

All band members contributed and performed on 2022 Cory Wong's album Wong's Cafe.{{Cite web |last=Maxwell |first=Jackson |date=9 December 2021 |title=Vulfpeck announce new album, Vulf Vault 005: Wong's Cafe, debut slinky lead single, Smokeshow |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/vulfpeck-vulf-vault-5-wong-cafe |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=Guitar World |language=en}} In August, frontman Jack Stratton released the first studio album under his solo alias Vulfmon, Here We Go Jack, featuring contributions from David T. Walker, Monica Martin and Mike Viola.{{Cite web |date=11 August 2022 |title=Here We Go Jack, by Vulfmon |url=https://vulf.bandcamp.com/album/here-we-go-jack |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=Bandcamp |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Sissler |first=James |date=7 June 2022 |title=Vulfmon AKA Jack Stratton Asks "How Much Do You Love Me?" On New Vulf Vault Single Ft. Jacob Jeffries [Video] |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/vulfmon-how-much-do-you-love-me-video/ |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=Live For Live Music |language=en-US}}

On 8 July 2022, Vulfpeck performed at the Levitate Music & Arts Festival in Marshfield, Massachusetts. It was their first live appearance since their headlining Madison Square Garden concert in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Todd |first=Nate |date=9 July 2022 |title=Vulfpeck Returns With Schvitz Set At Levitate Festival |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/vulfpeck-schvitz-set-levitate-festival-setlist-video |access-date=10 January 2022 |website=JamBase |language=en-US}}

The album's title, release date, track listing and artwork were announced on 25 November 2022, alongside the release of lead single "Sauna".{{Cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=Vulfpeck Announce New LP 'Schvitz,' Share Initial Single "Sauna" |url=https://relix.com/news/detail/vulfpeck-announce-new-lp-schvitz-share-initial-single-sauna/ |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=Relix Media |language=en-US}} Schvitz is a Yiddish word for a steambath,{{Cite news |last=Hunter-Tilney |first=Ludovic |date=6 January 2023 |title=Vulfpeck: Schvitz album review — inventive musicianship and good humour |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2744db5f-ce06-4ad7-874a-df20e6bbf43f |access-date=10 January 2023}} and the videos were recorded in a sauna with the band dressed in robes and hats.{{Cite web |last=Broerman |first=Michael |date=26 November 2022 |title=Vulfpeck Announces 'Schvitz', First New Album Since 2020 [Video] |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/vulfpeck-schvitz-new-album/ |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=Live For Live Music |language=en-US}} Graphic designer Pseudodudo handled the cover artwork.{{Cite web |date=27 November 2022 |title=Vulfpeck Announce New LP 'Schvitz,' Share Initial Single "Sauna" |url=https://jambands.com/news/2022/11/27/vulfpeck-announce-new-lp-schvitz-share-initial-single-sauna/ |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=JamBands |language=en-US}} A new single was then released every week for the next six weeks, with "In Heaven" concluding the album's rollout on 30 December.{{Cite web |last=Todd |first=Nate |date=30 December 2022 |title=Vulfpeck Shares Acoustic Single 'In Heaven' |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/vulfpeck-new-single-in-heaven |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=JamBase |language=en-US}} The day after Schvitz was issued, the band livestreamed a telethon on YouTube.{{Cite web |last=Sissler |first=James |date=31 December 2022 |title=Vulfpeck Announces 'Schvitz' Album Release Telethon Livestream On New Year's Day [Video] |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/vulfpeck-schvitz-new-years-day-album-release-telethon-livestream/ |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=Live For Live Music |language=en-US}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Financial Times

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}

}}In a three-star review for the Financial Times, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney concluded the album's "good humour is irresistible", highlighting "Sauna" as a "breezy piece of pop-funk plotted and arranged with pinpoint attentiveness".

{{Track listing

| title1 = Sauna

| length1 = 3:15

| writer1 = {{hlist|Jack Stratton|Woody Goss}}

| title2 = Earworm

| length2 = 2:24

| writer2 = Stratton

| title3 = New Guru

| note3 = feat. Antwaun Stanley

| length3 = 3:24

| writer3 = {{hlist|Stratton|Jacob Jeffries}}

| title4 = All That's Left of Me is You

| note4 = feat. Theo Katzman

| length4 = 2:52

| writer4 = Theo Katzman

| title5 = Simple Step

| note5 = feat. Antwaun Stanley

| length5 = 2:45

| writer5 = {{hlist|Stratton|Katzman|Antwaun Stanley|Justin Douglas|Joey Dosik}}

| title6 = In Heaven

| note6 = feat. Antwaun Stanley

| length6 = 3:36

| writer6 = Dosik

| title7 = Serve Somebody

| note7 = feat. Antwaun Stanley

| length7 = 4:22

| writer7 = Bob Dylan

| title8 = Romanian Drinking Song

| length8 = 3:52

| writer8 = Stratton

| title9 = What Did You Mean by Love?

| note9 = feat. Antwaun Stanley

| length9 = 4:33

| writer9 = Katzman

| title10 = Miracle

| length10 = 3:24

| writer10 = {{hlist|Stratton|Jeffries}}

| total_length = 34:27

}}

Notes

• "Simple Step" is a cover of funk band Groove Spoon's 2010 song of the same name, of which Stratton, Dart, and Stanley were members.
• "In Heaven" is a cover of Joey Dosik's 2018 song of the same name.
• "Serve Somebody" is a cover of Bob Dylan's 1979 song "Gotta Serve Somebody".
• "What Did You Mean By Love?" is a cover of Theo Katzman's 2019 song "What Did You Mean (When You Said Love)".

Vulfpeck

• Joe Dart – bass guitar (all tracks)
• Woody Goss – Wurlitzer (1–3, 5, 7–10), piano (4), guitar (6)
• Theo Katzman – vocals (1, 3–7, 10), guitar (2, 6, 9), drums (3, 5, 7–8), Wurlitzer (4), kazoo (8)
• Jack Stratton – drums (1, 4, 9–10), keyboard (3, 7), piano (5), percussion (6), Wurlitzer (8), vocals (2)

Other musicians

• Joey Dosik – piano (1, 7), saxophone (2–3, 5, 8), vocals (3–5, 7, 10), organ (4, 9), guitar (6)
• Jacob Jeffries – vocals (3, 10)
• Antwaun Stanley – vocals (1, 3–7, 9–10), drums (2)
• Cory Wong – guitar (all tracks)

Technical

• Jack Stratton – mixing (1–5, 7–10), overdubs (3)
• Nick Nagurka – engineer (all tracks)

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